A super premium 2560 X 1440 resolution 13 inch touch screen display is what the Toshiba KIRAbook sports, clearly ready for a head on collision with the Apple Macbook Pro with retina display. And that's quite a change of temperament for the brand, which is known better for its low to mid range devices, and they surely intend to give quite a tough fight in the high end market with the KIRAbook now.
Windows 8 inside, powered by 3rd gen Intel core i5 or i7 processors, with a 256 GB of SSD storage , along with 8 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz RAM is what this high end laptop shows off. With a 52 Wh Li polymer non replaceable battery , claimed to last 6 hours surely looks impressive, especially when we take into consideration the energy hungry screen, which incidentally is made of Corning Gorilla Glass.Though 221 ppi as compared to 227 of Macbook Pro, and 239 or Cromebook Pixel is what KIRAbook has, it doesn't make much of a difference in viewing experience.
KIRAbook has an LED backlit keyboard, and supports Bluetooth 4.0 , has 3 USB 3.0 ports, wireless N Wifi connectivity, has Harman Kordon stereo speakers. The notebook is made up of AZ91 Mg Alloy body, which is jst 1.18 Kg in weight, and 0.7 inches thick, which is claimed to be 100% stronger than standard aluminium bodies.
On the software side, KIRAbook comes with factory installed Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and Premiere Elements 11, along with Apple care comparable Toshiba Platinum service. Apart from this, they provide 25 gigs of cloud storage by Norton Online backup.
Pricing of the KIRAbook series is tad higher than Macbook, and that surely deflates a bit of the enthusiasm. Set to be up for pre order from 2nd May,and commercial launch by 13th May, the KIRAbook prices are
Non Touch , i5 - $1,599
Touch, i5 - $1,799
touch, i7 - $1,999
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