Review: Toshiba Portege R500 (NotebookReview)

There is a new review of the Toshiba Portege R500, Toshiba’s latest ultraportable, up on NotebookReview.com This review is of the LED-backlit Portege R500 with the mechanical SATA hard drive – Toshiba just announced that they are going to offer 64GB Solid State Drives that … Read more

Review: Toshiba Portege R500 (LAPTOP Magazine)

There is a new review of the Toshiba Portege R500, from LAPTOP Magazine. The Portege R500 is a 12″ widescreen Intel Core 2 Duo-based (Ultra Low Voltage) laptop, with an internal optical drive and am amazing weight of 2.5. It’s even more amazing if you … Read more

Toshiba Portege R500: Solid State Drive

Well, Toshiba has done what they said they would do – drop the weight of the Toshiba Portege R500 down to under two pounds (they are claiming 1.72 pounds / 0.78 kg) with the addition of a Solid State Drive (SSD) to their lineup. This … Read more

Review: Dell XPS M1330 and Toshiba Portege R500 (WSJ)

In his Personal Technology columm for the Wall Street Journal (subscription maybe required), Walt Mossberg has reviewed two new offerings from Dell and Toshiba, the Dell XPS M1330 and the Toshiba Portege R500. The Toshiba Portege R500 weighs in at around 2.5 pounds and has … Read more

Review: Toshiba Portege R500 (NotebookReview.com)

NotebookReview.com has put together a “First Thoughts Review (Video)” of the Toshiba Portege R500, Toshiba’s latest ultraportable laptop, which was just announced. Jerry Jackson does a video comparison with the Lenovo Thinkpad X61. The Portege R500 uses Intel’s newest Core 2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage … Read more