talkToshiba triallist Chris Riley (of cgriley.com fame) has just returned from Hack Day and he’s reviewed the Tecra A8 we lent him for the event.

Hack Day was certainly an eventful event! The free beer and lightning strikes kept Chris on his toes, and when we heard that there had been rain inside Alexandra Palace we were a little worried that Chris would end up testing the A8’s EasyGuard features!

I really enjoyed reading Chris’s review. Many reviews focus on technical specifications and test laptops by playing memory intensive games on them until they catch fire (or crash). Chris’s is more about how the Tecra A8 performs in real life.

How comfortable is the keyboard? How quiet are the fans? Are the volume controls placed conveniently?  Chris answers all these questions and more.

Follow this link to read his review in full. To find out more about the Hack Day hackers’ hacks, click here.