Toshiba Portege R500 - Expert Reviews

Review summary: Toshiba's Portégé brand is known for its strength, reliability and portability for the business user, but many of the machines lack the style associated with Sony's VAIO range. Not so the Portégé R500, a stunning ultraportable weighing in at just 1.1kg

Pros: Very light and slim, Great battery life, Great features for the price

Cons: No digital display connections

Verdict: A thin and light laptop with an excellent battery life and a great screen

Review summary: No corners have been cut in a bid to make this laptop one of the thinnest and lightest available

Pros: Very light and slim, Great battery life, Great features for the price

Cons: No digital display connections

Verdict: Thanks to its light weight, excellent screen and outstanding battery life, the Portégé R500 is a machine you can use everywhere. It's also great value for money

Review summary: With the Portege R500, Toshiba might have just brought sexy back with the world’s thinnest and lightest ultra-portable laptop out on the market.

Pros: Incredibly thin & lightweight, Built-in optical drive, Sleek and stylish design, Good battery life, Full-size keyboard, Incredibly thin & lightweight, Built-in optical drive, Sleek and stylish design, Good battery life, Full-size keyboard

Cons: Expensive, No modem, Monoraul speaker, Limited expandability, Sluggish performance, Expensive, No modem, Monoraul speaker, Limited expandability, Sluggish performance

Verdict: The highlight of the R500 is of course its diminutive size - just look at it! At 0.77' thin and under 2.5 lbs. (Toshiba claims 1.7 lbs. with the optical drive removed and solid state disk option) It's pretty impressive how they crammed so much into so ...

Review summary: One of the first notebooks that run on a flash-based or Solid State Drive (SSD), the new Toshiba Portégé R500 is lightweight, has a great battery life, and even has that sophisticated look and feel. But are the consumers ready for this next generation ...

Pros: Lightweight ; Long battery life ; Classy and sophisticated look ; Fast reading/writing times ; Uses solid state drive (SSD) ; Toshiba Support software ; Abundance of ports

Cons: Fragile' construction ; GMA graphics card ; Steep price ; Mediocre sound output ; SD card reader

Verdict: Overall, this SSD-based notebook has a long way to go in terms of appealing to consumers who are not overly conscious about the physical state of their notebooks. And with a hefty pricetag to boot, a lot of people may not even bring this notebook ...

Review summary: One of the most exciting notebooks to come along in the last few months has been Toshiba's R500. Though Toshiba does not have a reputation for making ultraportables, like Sony or Panasonic, they have been putting some serious effort into their R ...