It has been written a lot to so far only the most essential points
(Mine is the variant Z930-130 with 13.3 inches / 2GHz / 4GB RAM / 256GB SSD):
- My first impression when unpacking: Who has screwed up that ?! Because the "noble" per se notebook is supplied by Toshiba in a cheap-looking cardboard box, is located in a loose and also looking cheaply, thin and soft (and therefore probably not very durable) "envelope" (which actually is supposed to represent the case! ), and the protective liner on the screen (which many people -so also I- insert permanently to go to cushion the screen against damage from the keyboard pressure) depends 1 cm above the corners and looks sloppy. They must therefore trim with scissors before the first "run" of the notebook in home hobbyists fashion. With a budget notebook so something is not surprising, but at an expensive part such as this, then as ...
- Then it is thankfully better - the notebook itself looks very attractive and is recovering quickly from the disappointment of the first impression. Windows 8 is now set up within a few minutes, after a further 5 minutes you have the bloatware (McAffee and Office 2010), and uninstalled several sales tools by Toshiba and Intel. Quite good is likely to be eco function: the fan is rarely heard, and may collect "points" if you save electricity.
- The screen is, as has been repeatedly stated here, certainly not top class, especially not compared to the Zenbook, but subjectively eye-friendly than this. On Zenbook I felt both resolution and contrast subjectively as "aggressive", the Toshiba looks black on white background as "printed on paper", ie very light gray and therefore not too bright.
The frequent complaint about the screen hinge I can not associate myself with (perhaps because I had thus expected worse): the screen is stuck, "swings" but by its thinness and flexibility. But I do not work on the train or bus, so I can live with it.
- The sound is very good, often a neglected point in notebooks - this time I stayed from the outset and was in this regard, both the Toshiba Z930 and the Zenbook really excited about the good sound quality and volume.
- The keyboard has a stronger attack, what you look at but well used. The lighting is noble and practical at night. Very unusual and getting used to the arrangement of the Home-End and PgUp / PgDn keys, these are located on the far right keyboard * Vertical *. And it did not even work the usual [Fn] [cursor left] to replace [Home] / [Fn] [cursor right] to replace [End] ... which is extremely annoying as the Home / End keys in Touch typing is difficult to achieve, I hope that the EVT. update the keyboard driver "fixes" ?! The rest of the keys, their size and distance but fit perfectly for me.
- The battery recharges quickly (faster than the Zenbook) and holds subjectively seen by longer. I hope that notebook manufacturers deviate from the bad habit again in future models, batteries firmly install (planned obsolescense?).
- The weight is sensational: despite the "double" hard disk and (if available power connector not removable) "battery life" it is just as easy as my old Sony Vaio VGN118 at * of removed * battery!
- The main weakness is (for me) the touchpad, and that costs the notebook 1 "star": the two buttons are extremely difficult to move, you have to press it properly fixed - a real design flaw. This little detail prevents the liquid works and makes graphic design work sometimes to annoying ordeal.
- From the terminals ago the notebook is optimally equipped, a little odd thing is that the current input * back * (not as usual at one of the sides) and you therefore always a cable at the table has, even if only for a short distance. A bad habit that this Toshiba model shares with many others in "small & light" trimmed equipment: Power Cables & Adapters are very massive and heavy in weight, was supposed to notebook weight yet 1/2 kg of cables are added.
In summary, I am despite the 3 mentioned main weaknesses (touchpad keys Pos1 / end keys and massive power-supply) of this notebook pretty excited. The Asus Zenbook was high subjectively a bit better and "noble", but there are also in this one way or another weakness. The perfect laptop is just apparently still not invented (as far as I know ;-)). However, the weight is a very important element for me as a notebook my permanent companion is - and in terms of this combined with the device performance, the Toshiba Z930 is currently the best thing you can get.
Should I still notice significant things, I'll still resent.
