My Toshiba Tecra M4 Tablet PC is here, sitting on my desk in a big brown box all full of promise and excitement!

 

After months of product research, waiting for new models to debut, and for hardware prices to fall, I finally chose: the Toshiba Tecra MR.

 

Getting to see, touch, & play with one at the product fair after the Microsoft Company meeting finally gave me the confidence that the M4 has enough of the features I'm looking for that it should last me for the next couple of years.

 

I didn't get everything on my wishlist, however: i'ts not pink (boohoo! but I'm thinking hot-pink racing stripes woudl be an easy-enough mod to add). And weighing in at at a whopping 6.2 pounds, the small-size factor is just one I"ll have to live without.

 

However, for all those extra pounds, it does deliver some nice bells-n-whistles: built in DVD drive, 14.1" screen, S-Video, and 3 USB ports.

 

But of course the real deal-sealers were what's under the hood:2 Gig Pentium M-class chip, 512 MB of SDRAM, and a blazin nVidia GeForce dedicated graphics card, making it the only convertible Tablet on the market capable of delivering the high-quality graphics I demand.

 

And now it's here! Maybe my next post will be made from it!

 

Oh, and if you have any hints on how to mod the case to be more pink, let me know...