The manufacturer Toshiba Portege renews its range by offering the R500 model which is likely to prevail among the followers of professional mobility and lightness.
The product will launch Toshiba is not so “new” than that. Indeed, this ultraportable has already been launched in Japan under the reference Dynabook SS RX1. Only the name change so that the Western market, specifications remain the same as the original model.
Its weight is between 800 g and 1.1 kg, depending on options selected: three or six battery cells, optical drive, hard disk magnetic disk or flash SSD. Ultraportables direct competitor to high-end as the Sony Vaio G11, the Portege R500 launched in the United States during the month of July at a price of about $ 2,000.
It will carry an Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 (1.20 GHz), 1 GB of RAM, 120 GB hard drive, a DVD player multi-format, the recent 802.11n wireless controller Intel, the graphics are by the chip integrated Intel GMA 950. Also on the program Gigabit wired network, Bluetooth 2.0, a TPM, a fingerprint reader and the battery utilities for Toshiba laptops.
The Portege R500 is equipped, depending on the model, Windows XP Pro or Windows Vista Professional Edition. In addition, Toshiba will guarantee three years, at least in the United States. Towards the end of the year, it will be possible to replace the magnetic hard disk model DSS 64 GB to go below the kilogram. The autonomy has not yet been communicated, but we can already draw on a lifetime theoretical ranging from six to more than ten hours, as it would be possible to disable the backlight ’screen.
As for the use, and this is the most important thing Portege R500 seems to have all the elements necessary to provide both a comfortable and sustainable use, and excellent security tasks and data stored . And, thanks to a fingerprint reader, the Toshiba antitheft system that blocks access to the system and through the software suite TPM (Trusted Platform Module) that protects sensitive data by encrypting files and provides inviolable.
On the sidelines of the security, Toshiba ConfigFree software lets you create profiles for network connection and easy access to the best locations and communication networks available. All these functions are grouped under the label Toshiba EasyGuard.
Specifications:
- Core 2 Duo U7600
- RAM 1 GB
- Hard disk capacity 1 (GB) 80
- WebCam NC
- Screen Size (inches) 12
Strong Aspects:
- Very pleasant design
- Light weight and dimensions
- Good level of equipment
- Excellent autonomy
- Technological innovations
- Securing the machine
Weak Aspects:
- Low scalability
- 12-inch screen
- Price high
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