Toshiba releases something thinner than (MacBook) air
Toshiba can now claim to have the thinnest and lightest of ultraportable laptops as they launched the Portégé R500-S5007V. Here are the specs to back that up:
This laptop weighs in at 2.4lbs, which is lighter than the MacBook Air (3lbs) and Lenovo Thinkpad X300 (2.93lbs). One of the things that makes these ultraportables so light is the use of solid state hard drives. which are much lighter than traditional “spinning platter” drives. The Toshiba sports a single 128GB solid state drive. Apple and Lenovo use two 64GB modules to get 128GB of storage.
With no moving parts the hard drive not only makes the whole laptop lighter, it also increases battery life as well. The 12.1-inch display uses a transreflective screen, which shuts off the LED backlighting to reflect the sun’s rays to light the screen up, when available.
With the standard package users can enjoy the speed of the 1.33ghz Core Duo processor with 2GB of RAM. The system comes with Vista, however customers can upgrade to Windows XP. Wireless, Bluetooth, and a CD/DVD R are also standard.
Get ready to spend about $3,000 on this laptop when it’s ready to ship later in the year.
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Toshiba releases something thinner than (MacBook) air
Toshiba can now claim to have the thinnest and lightest of ultraportable laptops as they launched the Portégé R500-S5007V. Here are the specs to back that up:
This laptop weighs in at 2.4lbs, which is lighter than the MacBook Air (3lbs) and Lenovo Thinkpad X300 (2.93lbs). One of the things that makes these ultraportables so light is the use of solid state hard drives. which are much lighter than traditional “spinning platter” drives. The Toshiba sports a single 128GB solid state drive. Apple and Lenovo use two 64GB modules to get 128GB of storage.
With no moving parts the hard drive not only makes the whole laptop lighter, it also increases battery life as well. The 12.1-inch display uses a transreflective screen, which shuts off the LED backlighting to reflect the sun’s rays to light the screen up, when available.
With the standard package users can enjoy the speed of the 1.33ghz Core Duo processor with 2GB of RAM. The system comes with Vista, however customers can upgrade to Windows XP. Wireless, Bluetooth, and a CD/DVD R are also standard.
Get ready to spend about $3,000 on this laptop when it’s ready to ship later in the year.
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