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Review summary: An already light ultraportable gets lighter and stronger: We look inside the new Toshiba Portégé R600 and find out why it's not made of aluminum

Verdict: The magnesium alloy chassis means that although the R600 is lightweight it's strong enough to pass TUV drop testing from 30" (the equivalent of pushing it off a table) and 40" (the equivalent of dropping it when you're carrying it under your arm) on ...

Review summary: Just last summer, Toshiba's Portege R500 was the first laptop with a 128GB SSD. A year later, Toshiba's Portege R600 is the world's first 512GB SSD lappie. So for this one moment, Toshiba is on the top of the world.

Verdict: For $3,500 (as tested with 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9400, 3GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Intel 4500MHD graphics, DVD burner, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi n), the Portege may be a bit of a disappointment right out of the box. Yes, it's ridiculously light, starting at 2 ...

Review summary: The Toshiba's magnesium chassis is super-light

Pros: Unbelievably light and portable

Cons: but performance and features have been majorly sacrificed as a result

Verdict: Unbelievably light and portable..

Review summary: This is Toshiba's R600 12.1-inch ultraportable laptop that improves on the screen and keyboard of the R500, it also features a Centrino 2 and corresponding