The Toshiba Portege M700 has been generating some favourable discussion recently, and it was a happy coincidence that my voyage onto YouTube today led to me discovering this handy video - showing off the features of the laptop in all its glory. Click the screen below to watch it, or pop over here for more information.
A new review of the Toshiba Portege M700 has popped up on Computer and Laptop’s Weblog in which the author concentrates on the essentials such as battery life, speakers, wireless connectivity and the operating system and finds it to be a generally positive experience.
He states that the overall battery life is “good”, but “I wouldn’t brag about it, unless I had the optional slice battery to go with it”. Though he got around 3 and a half hours in high performance mode, the M700 gave up to 5 hours in balanced mode which is “respectable”. He thought the speakers were not as loud as his iPod, but this is “typical for a business tablet” and the volume wheel is a “convenient feature.” As well as finding that the connectivity “worked fine”, the author had “no problems” running Microsoft Vista Business; indeed her prefers Vista on tablets “thanks to the improvements in handwriting recognition and the pen flicks.”
Concluding that the M700 is “a solid tablet”, the author thinks that although it’s not fancy, it has “all necessities” and “doesn’t lack in performance or features”. Head on over to Computer and Laptop’s Weblog for the full review.
“With so many covetable laptops being released over the past few weeks, it’s Toshiba’s turn this week, with the announcement of the lightweight, limited edition Portégé M800 Lappy” over on shinyshiny.tv. And, by the sound of it, there’s no doubt they’ve uncovered a very pretty laptop.
After discussing all of the specifications, shinyshiny proverbially ice the cake “to top it all off it has a rather pretty pearl white chassis with silver contrasting and a white LED outline”. With “increased battery life and high definition multimedia performance”, thanks to that Intel Centrino 2 processor technology, and a few little tasty extras like face recognition software, a fingerprint reader, FM tuner and Bluetooth 2.1 – this little notebook is nothing if not sleek.
Oh – and a quick Twitter update from Jim at feetup.org, who currently has one of our Toshiba Tecra M9s for review. “Loving the Tecra M9 on loan from talktoshiba - it’s very usable with Ubuntu” he says – good stuff Jim. More to follow from him soon.
OK – so we all know that Toshiba’s Toshiba Portege R500 weighs less than 2 pounds (1.72 to be precise), and the fact that it’s lighter than the much lauded Apple MacBook. But how does it fare in all other respects?
Well – for those whose eye’s are a touch weary after a long day at the computer, allow the soft visuals and gentle words of our pals at logictv.com take you through the benefits, and otherwise, of this notebook.
This computer “offers the latest bells and whistles in an ultra-portable laptop with lightweight frame”, although there is an Achilles Heel – in terms of performance… To find out more just click ‘play’ below.
Es gibt Testberichte, da findet man alle möglichen Daten und Benchmarks, aber weiß nicht so recht was man damit soll. Natürlich findet man auch das komplette Gegenteil, Test die nur auf das Aussehen und Gimmicks wert legen und wahrscheinlich eine MacBook kaufen würden, weil das integrierte Webcam Programm so lustig ist.
Das Ganze ist natürlich ein bisschen übertrieben, aber zum neuen Toshiba Portégé R500 gibt es soviel Tests und Meinungen, dass man von totaler Begeisterung bis zu dummen Komentaren so ziemlich alles findet und da war ich froh als ich den Test auf manager-magazin.de gelesen habe. Informativ, Objektiv und sehr gut geschrieben.
Der Tester, Matthias Kremp, schien zu Beginn zwar vom Gewicht überrascht zu sein, aber auf Grund des Preises nicht ganz so zu verstehen wer das kaufen soll wenn es doch das Asus Eee gibt. Doch er hat es probiert und sich auch um die Technik gekümmert, die in den 800g stecken. Er beschreibt auf ein schöne Weise was der Zwerg alles kann und auch was er nicht kann und schien am Ende doch von dem kleinen Wunderknaben (zumindesten für die Business-Anwendung) überzeugt zu sein. Den Test findet ihr hier.
Ein weiterer ausführlicher Bericht ist auf notebookjournal.de zufinden, aber nach dem ich Matthias sein Bericht gelesen habe, stört es mich irgendwie dass man ein Subnotebook, das mit zig kleinen Tricks zum Energie sparen ausgestattet ist(Sonnendisplay, Magnessium Legierung, SSD Festplatte …) unter Volllast testet und dann sich über die Akkuleistung beschwert. Es wurde zwar genannt, dass es “kein Realitäts-Test” ist, aber wer benutzt ein Portégé zum Spielen oder Video bearbeiten? Portégé ist ‘die ultraportable Business Serie mit elegantem Design’.
Aber ihr sollt euch ja eine eigene Meinung bilden und ein wahre Bibliothek an Testberichten wurde hier bei notebookcheck.com angelegt.
It seems that a certain proportion of the laptop-buying public won’t rest until they have the lightest notebook on the market, and it is with some delight, no doubt, that our pals over at infopockets.com have discovered the 1.72 pound Toshiba Portege R500-S5007V.
First things first – and we know it’s the question everyone will be asking, and the
answer is an unequivocal yes! “Apple’s MacBook air clocks in at 3 pounds and Lenovo’s Thinkpad X300 is still 1.21 pounds heavier than the Portege at 2.93 pounds”. So there you have it – and we’re saying nothing.
Of course, such demure laptoppery (I’m inventing words here) comes at a price,
and “if consumers opt for the “world’s thinnest widescreen,” at.77 inches, the notebook comes with an integrated DVD-SuperMulti drive. However, if you want the ‘world’s lightest widescreen’ you will have to live without the optical disk drive.”
Larry Dignan has written a new blog over at ZDNet on Toshiba’s new slimmed down look for its Portege range of laptops. This has been made possible because of the new 128GB solid-state drive that’s been added to the range, and it means as well as being far slimmer, the R500-S5007V will be the lightest laptop of its kind, with a 128GB SSD and a DVD SuperMulti drive - at a featherweight 2.4 pounds.
Larry makes note that ultra-slim laptops are all the rage at the moment, but what differentiates Toshiba from the rest of the gang is the fact that the Portege’s have a much better storage capacity than their rivals; many of whom “expect you to live in the cloud and store information there too–or use attached drives”. Toshiba, by including a SSD card and 7mm DVD SuperMulti drive, keep the weight down but don’t skimp on the storage capacity.
Larry also lists other key points on the R500-S5007V sych as battery life, software and technical specifications which you can read by heading over to the article here.
… auf einen Toshiba Portege R100? Diese Frage stellt sich Hardy2 und wendet sich an das notbookforum. Zitat:”… Bei dem Versuch, jetzt ein BS auf den Rechner zu kriegen bin ich jedesmal gescheitert. Wollte mir diverse LIve-CDs von LInux ansehen (Ubuntu, Knoppix) aber jedesmal hängt er sich auf (Wahrscheinlich erkennt Linux das Laufwerk nicht). AUch bei WIn2000 und WinME das gleiche Problem. Leider habe ich kein XP da.
Habe noch eine PCMCIA-Festplatte (2GB) von der der Rechner eigentlich booten sollte…”
Ein User meint dazu folgendes, Zitat: “… R100 kann schon über USB Laufwerke booten. Kann natürlich sein das auch irgendwelche Hardware oder das Laufwerk defekt ist und er daher die ganzen Betriebssysteme nicht booten kann…”
He promised tricky questions, and he delivered. It’s back to our old pal Steve at machinesgobing.com, and his interview speaking to the Emily Shirley, Head of Product Marketing at Toshiba Europe GmbH, during Toshiba’s ‘Take a Closer Look’ event in Paris on the 7th May. To find out where Toshiba pitch themselves in the market compared to Apple, where they see the future of laptop design and the response to the suggestion that the Portégé M800 is a stereotyped American design, follow this link here for a really good read!
And for an extensive review of the Qosmio G40, look no further than this next chap… A few weeks ago we approached Barbie, a sometime roadie and previous occupant of almost any career you can imagine (if you don’t believe me, check his about page) – to review the Toshiba Qosmio G40 – the result being a spectacular essay which covers everything from his dislike of Microsoft Vista, to the quality of the screen. One of his conclusions “All in all I wouldn’t recommend this as portable laptop. As a Media Centre or a high-end games machine, then it fairs much better.” – but there’s so much more than this to review, I suggest you head over and read it.
Plus de liens, et plus d’infos fraîches du jour sur l’événement ‘Regardez de plus près’. Elles viennent cette fois de notre bon pote Steve de ‘Machines that go Bing’, qui a passé en revue le lancement de l’ordinateur portable Portégé M800.
En plus d’un tas de tuyaux sur les spécifications techniques, l’inspiration et d’autres informations sur le notebook, Steve a aussi intégré les propos de Tim Jaekel (Toshiba) sur la similitude de la machine avec les produits d’Apple. Similitude sur laquelle Steve s’est penchée… Ils avaient demandé des questions béton, non ?
Gardez un œil sur son blog, qui produira un contenu abondant au cours des jours à venir. Et en attendant, jetez un coup d’œil à cette courte vidéo sur la façon dont Steve a vécu l’événement.
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