TOSHIBA KIRABOOK 13 I5S TOUCH DTS STUDIO SOUND WINDOWS 8.1 DRIVERS DOWNLOAD

The Toshiba Kirabook is an attractive and powerful Ultrabook, but it's held back The Kirabook's inch, 2, x 1, touch display delivers If you want to tweak the Kirabook's audio output, there's a built-in DTS Studio Sound app that However, Toshiba's notebook fell short of the Core i5-powered. Buy: Toshiba KIRAbook 13 13" PixelPure x HD Ultrabook Google 7" Touchscreen Home Hub with Built-In Googl DTS Studio Sound submerges you in natural tones and bass to create a rich symphonic audio experience. Toshiba's new KiraBook ultrabook offers a sleek, rich look along with than the Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A and 3 oz. lighter than the in. (Intel Core i5 processor, touch display); $2, (Intel Core i7 processor, touch display) with DTS Studio Sound technology that makes the sound richer and fuller.

The front edge can be uncomfortably pointy, especially when you're carrying it in-hand. As sturdy as the chassis is, the lid exhibits a disturbing amount of flex.

We'd also prefer not to see any bump or ridge where the keyboard meets the chassis. The intake fan on the bottom is unsightly and, as you'll find, it doesn't even do an efficient job of managing heat. At the very least, the Kirabook has most of the things an expensive machine should have: But if you ask us, it's not striking enough to warrant such a lofty price. Keyboard and trackpad If you bought the Portege Z and came away disappointed with the typing experience, well, the arrival of the Kirabook won't do you much good. But you can at least know that Toshiba took your complaints to heart. After many customers and reviewers! Anecdotally, we were able to fly through emails at a fast clip, making barely any typos along the way. If you'll allow us to reset your expectations a bit, "deeper travel" is a relative phrase -- the buttons here are still pretty flat, though Toshiba KIRAbook 13 i5S Touch DTS Studio Sound offer more feedback than Toshiba's earlier Ultrabooks.

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And besides, on a machine this thin, any sort of keyboard bounce amounts to a welcome surprise. As you'd expect from a machine of this caliber, the Kirabook comes standard with keyboard backlighting, which you can turn off by pressing Fn-Z.

If you look around, you'll find some other functions embedded on the main keyboard, like the 1 and 2 buttons, which you can use to zoom in and out of the Start menu. There's also a magnifying glass on the left end of the spacebar, but we strongly Toshiba KIRAbook 13 i5S Touch DTS Studio Sound ignoring it, if possible: The Kirabook's Synaptics trackpad is wide and tall, leaving you plenty of space for two-finger scrolls, pinch-to-zooming and all the gestures native to Windows 8.

Like other laptops we've seen, it actually handles those more complex maneuvers reasonably well, but it struggles with single-finger tracking. The casing is made of an AZ91 magnesium alloy, which gives it that premium feel.

The touchscreen supports multi-touch gestures and is protected by Corning Concore Glass. It has a Besides that, it also features an HD webcam and for connectivity, a standard Intel dual-band wireless card with WiFi and Bluetooth 4. Unfortunately, the lithium polymer battery with a capacity of 52 Wh cannot be replaced by the user, but has a 1-year-warranty.

Intel HD Graphics Non demanding games should be playable with these graphics cards. The base clock speed of the CPUs is Toshiba KIRAbook 13 i5S Touch DTS Studio Sound low, but because of a huge Turbo mode, the cores can dynamically overclock to up to 3. Therefore, the CPU can be as fast as high clocked dual-core CPUs using single threaded Toshiba KIRAbook 13 i5S Touch DTS Studio Sound but still offer the advantage of 4 cores. Broadwell-based ULV ultra low voltage dual-core processor for notebooks and ultrabooks.

For the most part, it's an Ultrabook that's a pleasure to use, and we even made a lot of use of its touchscreen. We think the noise from the fan is a problem though. Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: PC World The Kirabook is the most beautiful Ultrabook to pass through the PCWorld Labs, but its inability to drive a large external monitor at native resolution, a lid that flexes like a contortionist, a Wi-Fi adapter restricted to 2. PC Mag And therein lies the problem: The Toshiba Kirabook is really good, but not the best for the money.

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The Kirabook is lighter, thinner, and comes with the two-year service and support, but those aren't quite enough to unseat the MacBook Pro as the high end ultraportable EC. Toshiba launches a new luxury brand with an ultra-high-resolution ultrabook think MacBook Air Retina. The view is alternately spiffy and squinty, but the rest of the design dazzles.

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Ubergizmo English If money is no option to you and you want to have the highest-resolution display possible on PC, then by all means, pick up the KIRAbook. I can definitely tell you how the user experience measures up to the myriad non-ASUS ultrabooks I have tested, though.