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Review summary: The Toshiba Portegé R600-108 is not just a statement in lightweight laptop design: at only 810g, Toshiba has written the book on ultraportability.

Verdict: Overall, the €˜look and feel€™ impression swings somewhere between awe at the empty weight €" and horror at the huge price for such an insubstantial toy-like notebook. The Toshiba Portegé R600-108 has a good performance benchmark result but a ...

Review summary: If you need a laptop that's light as a bag of feathers, yet still powerful enough to do some serious work, a netbook might not fit the bill. For £300 you can't expect everything. Small keyboards, low resolution screens and equally low performance are ...

Verdict: Less costs more. Stunningly light, but too far from perfect.

Review summary: The R600-108 is wonderfully light, but there are better - if slightly heavier - models in the R600 line-up.

Verdict: The R600 is proof, if proof were needed, that laptops are like cars. They'll all get you from A to B, but folk will still buy expensive ones, cheap ones, sexy ones, butt-ugly ones - whatever your preference, there's a model for you. If you're after a ...

Review summary: The Toshiba Portégé R600-S4202 is the sum of four years' worth of improvements, polishing an already proven product. It's the thinnest and lightest ultraportable that squeezes in an optical drive and a full-size keyboardand its 12-inch LED widescreen ...

Pros: Featherweight chassis. Optical drive included. Big battery. Almost 7 hours of battery life. Full-size keyboard. Luxuriously thin

Cons: 128GB SSD too expensive for prime time. An internal 3G modem is long overdue

Verdict: The Toshiba Portégé R600-S4202 is the lightest ultraportable to pack a full-size keyboard and an internal optical drive.

Review summary: The Portégé R600 is a very alluring 1.11kg ultraportable, although the transflective screen mode, some aspects of build quality and battery life could all be better.

Pros: Small, light and easy to carry, Integrated HSDPA, Built-in webcam

Cons: Too much flex in the screen, Slightly flimsy build in parts, Battery life could be better

Verdict: Touch the screen — to show something to a colleague, for example — and the outer layers depress, creating a 'shadow' that only slowly disappears after you've removed your finger. To maximize the display's longevity, you'd be advised to carry the Port ...