Selling notebooks to large companies is probably the dream of every manufacturer: The customers order large quantities at once, replace their hardware every couple of years and provide important feedback about the usage scenarios. They obviously expect reliable devices in return, which protect sensitive data and are easy to manage at the same time.

Toshiba is a familiar company when it comes to business devices: The sophisticated and handy business notebooks also look good on your desk at home. The new notebooks from the Toshiba Tecra Z40-series are models with a 14-inch screen, a popular size for the office, and notebooks of this size are often complemented by docking stations and external displays.

Case

The Toshiba Tecra Z40 A-147 looks very nice: The subtle silver colored case and the restrained design, which is still appealing, will probably fit in every work environment. The only colored element is the blue “Accupoint” that works like Lenovo’s “TrackPoint” and can be used as an additional input device.

The case is completely made of magnesium, a very high quality and light material. Small drawback: You always have the feeling of construction wear and tear if you move your fingers over the display. There are also visible traces of wiping, so the cover has to be cleaned every once in a while.

Toshiba sent the Tecra A40 to the TÜV for evaluation. They determined a drop resistance from a height of up to 76 centimeters (~30 inches) and keyboard splash protection against 30 milliliters (~6 teaspoons) of fluid.

However, the torsion resistance of the display is not very convincing in our test: Hold the screen at the corners and you can twist it, which is accompanied by quiet creaking sounds. The effects are also quickly visible on the display. The base unit can dent with medium force in the area of the palm rest and the same applies for the keyboard, but it is sturdy during normal typing. Overall, the Tecra Z40 A1-147 feels very high quality and the mentioned drawbacks in terms of stability hardly affect the usability in practice.

The dimensions border those small enough to meet the Ultrabook standard, but the business notebook does not include a touchscreen, for example, so it cannot carry the Ultrabook title. Toshiba avoids the name and calls the Tecra Z40 “ultra mobile”. With a height of up to 20.4 millimeters (~0.8 inches), the device is slimmer than any notebook within the comparison, even though the difference is sometimes very small.

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