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Laptops these days are statements of design as much as they are capable powerhouses able to crunch through almost any task you throw at them. The Toshiba Kira is the company's bash at high-end design, delivering a slim and capable machine packed with feat...
Fabulous screen, lots of power potential, quality materials in construction, decent battery life...
Fan noise, pricey, small size keys, no discrete graphics, falls short of design potential, lacklustre audio...
The Kira's star of the show is its 2560 x 1440 widescreen display. It's quite simply ace. It not only looks great but has exceptional viewing angles and this one feature puts the Toshiba of many of its competitors. It's in and around the same ballpa...
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After the flurry of models in 2012 and early 2013, the Ultrabook had settled down into a formula, whilst hybrids began to steal the show instead. Now, however, we are starting to see new Ultrabook models with some interesting innovations. Toshiba's KIRA 1...
Excellent screen, Great battery life, Generous SSD storage, Healthy complement of RAM...
Pricey...
There is no doubt that the Toshiba KIRA 101 is an excellent Ultrabook. It has a class-leading display, great battery life, and adequately future-proofed memory and storage allocations. Unfortunately, the larger SSD and (most likely) the pin-sharp screen...
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We weren't sure what to make of the announcement of Toshiba's brand new Kirabook line of Ultrabooks, considering the last Ultrabook-like Toshiba product we reviewed was the underwhelming Portégé Z10t . However, one look at the specification, build and erg...
Toshiba's new consumer Ultrabook is more than competent in all areas, and possesses a generous array of core hardware...
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By its own admission, Toshiba is quite happy to focus on the 'value' end of the market and its recently unveiled spring line-up did feature a preponderance of budget 15-inch and 17-inch laptops . See Group test: what's the best ultraportable laptop? Howe...
The Toshiba Kira cannot approach the outstanding battery life of its Apple rivals. It does manages to combine good overall speed and a high-resolution display with a truly ultraportable design. That's a difficult trick to pull off, and it makes the Kira o...
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Toshiba's Kira ultrabook is a slimline system offering an excellent high resolution display and an Intel Core i7 processor in a lightweight yet sturdy chassis. It is clearly aimed at those wanting something a cut above the standard laptop. Available in t...
Compact but sturdy, impressive display, stylish...
Non-removable battery, no vPro, no mobile broadband...
Toshiba's Kira offers Windows users a stylish lightweight ultrabook with an excellent high resolution screen and design reminiscent of the MacBook Air. On the downside, it has an internal battery, no docking station, and no mobile broadband...
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It looks like a MacBook Air, has the same 1.35kg weight and even a £1,299 premium price. But can a Windows 8.1 machine match the Apple devices when it comes to performance? On paper you'd think so. The Kira packs a 2,560 x 1,440 touchscreen, Core i7 proc...
Highresolution screen; Superb battery life...
Screen scaling issues; Average keyboard; Performance not great; Expensive...
Despite the great battery life and design, the Kira can't quite capture the performance of the MacBook range...
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Toshiba has packed a 2,560x1,440-pixel touchscreen display into the 13.3-inch frame. That gives it a high pixel-per-inch figure of 221, which leaves both text and images looking extremely crisp. This quality is also translated into its colour accuracy, as...
This Ultrabook has brilliant screen and build quality, but performance isn't up to scratch for the price...
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Toshiba's new Kira range is designed to bring a bit of class back to the company's sometimes rather lacklustre Ultrabook offering. At quick glance at its slim lines and metallic casing show that it's on the right track, but can it justify its exceptionall...
Sleek good looks, fine screen, fast processor, Solidly built, good battery life...
Expensive, noisy fan, not significantly better than rivals...
The Toshiba Kira is a beautiful looking lightweight slab of an Ultrabook. It also has a terrific screen and fast processor but it's price very much marks it out as an exceptional device, and it's performance only places it among the best of its (less ex...
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Toshiba has packed a 2,560x1,440-pixel touchscreen display into the 13.3-inch frame. That gives it a high pixel-per-inch figure of 221, which leaves both text and images looking extremely crisp. This quality is also translated into its colour accuracy, as...
This Ultrabook has brilliant screen and build quality, but performance isn't up to scratch for the price...
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techradar.com Updated:
2014-06-27 03:44:44
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Toshiba's new Kira is a 2014 update to last year's model, which marked the company's first foray into premium Ultrabook territory. With a sleek chassis, still-impressive WQHD+ display and improved battery life, it joins a growing list of competing Windows...
Attractive design, 'Retina' display, Port selection, Solid chassis...
Expensive, Dim display backlight, Windows 8 scaling, Lid flex...
The Kira's longer battery life, compact stylings and attractive looks (with the lid open) are all plus points for Toshiba's second Ultrabook, but some of the flaws are real deal-breakers. The most glaring one is the display's lackluster backlight, which...
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techradar.com/au/ Updated:
2014-06-27 03:44:44
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Toshiba's new Kira is a 2014 update to last year's model, which marked the company's first foray into premium Ultrabook territory. With a sleek chassis, still-impressive WQHD+ display and improved battery life, it joins a growing list of competing Windows...
Attractive design, 'Retina' display, Port selection, Solid chassis...
Expensive, Dim display backlight, Windows 8 scaling, Lid flex...
The Kira's longer battery life, compact stylings and attractive looks (with the lid open) are all plus points for Toshiba's second Ultrabook, but some of the flaws are real deal-breakers. The most glaring one is the display's lackluster backlight, which...
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TOSHIBA'S KIRA ULTRABOOK is a machine that offers an excellent high resolution display and an Intel Core i7 processor in a lightweight, slim yet sturdy chassis. It clearly is aimed at those wanting something a cut above the standard laptop...
Compact but sturdy, impressive display, stylish...
Non-removable battery, no vPro, pricey...
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smartoffice.com.au Updated:
2014-06-27 03:44:44
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During the past decade very few mass notebook manufacturers have been able to differentiate their notebook offerings. Many had bog standard chipsets, motherboards and the only point of difference was the casing that the common components were housed in, t...
At $2,199 this is an expensive beast. But is it worth it? My view is yes for the simple reason that an Ultrabook of this ilk is going to get used and the last thing you want if you use an Ultrabook every working day is one that cannot last the test of tim...
On the downside Toshiba needs to work on the cooling fan and the problems associated with the sheer resolution of the display screen, neither of these two small issues take away from the fact that this is the best Ultrabook we have ever seen...
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We weren't sure what to make of the announcement of Toshiba's brand-new Kirabook line of Ultrabooks, considering the last Ultrabook-like Toshiba product we reviewed was the underwhelming Portégé Z10t. However, one look at the specification, build and ergo...
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From low-cost Chromebooks to high-end hybrids, and the explosion of diverse, different-shaped Windows devices, there's a dizzying amount of choice out there for anyone looking to replace their laptop with something new. Fear not, though. We've reviewed th...
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There's a lot of excitement around the high-end KIRA laptop from Toshiba, primarily because it comes with the best screen ever to be put into an Ultrabook. Not only does it have excellent colour, high brightness, and wide viewing angles, it also has a mas...
Excellent screen, Sturdy build quality, Swift performance...
Loud fan, No Ethernet dongle...
It's hard not to like the Toshiba KIRA. It has everything we want in an Ultrabook: a strong chassis and a light weight, great performance, full-sized ports, and an excellent, high-resolution screen. For the most part, it's an Ultrabook that's a pleasure t...
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Although the lowest priced models are now available for less than 700 Euros, ultrabooks still have the reputation to be elegant premium devices - with an open-ended price scale. Models, such as the Asus Zenbook UX301 , Dell XPS 13 or Apple MacBook Pro 13...
High-quality and lightweight metal casing, Good input devices, Extremely sharp IPS screen, Outstanding application performance, Low temperatures, Long battery runtimes, Affordable warranty upgrades...
Middling webcam, Low screen brightness, Limited 3D performance, Very pricey...
Nevertheless, Toshiba will have a hard time in justifying the exorbitant purchase price of approximately 1500 Euros (~$2054). The aforementioned Apple contenders cost roughly 150 Euros (~$205) less with comparable equipment but feature a better build and...
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The Kira is aimed at being Toshiba's "ultimate Ultrabook." The company used that very phrase when it announced the device in January. With that in mind, one should expect something pretty special. Gizmag took a look to see how it measured up to that promi...
The Kira is an impressive piece of kit. It's fast and the screen is stunning. There are a few niggles that will hopefully be ironed out by the time the second generation of the Kira is released. There's still room for refining the design, for example, and...
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Ultrabooks have come a long way since their earliest appearance, and the slim, lightweight concept has helped them make the transition from consumer to business sectors. Although Toshiba targets the Kira-101 primarily at the consumer market, it could sit...
The screen is a 13.3inch Toshiba PixelPure unit with 176degree viewing angles in both horizontal and vertical planes. Some may find the screen far too glossy (you could easily use the screen as a mirror with the system switched off), but it does have one...
The Toshiba Kira 101 is a thin, lightweight and stylish ultrabook that would not look out of place in a business meeting. The high-resolution 13.3-inch touchscreen is a highlight, alongside 8GB of RAM, a dual-core Core i7 processor and a 256GB SSD. Some b...
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