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Toshiba Portégé R500 Series

The Portégé R500 series from Toshiba is a line of extremely small and lightweight laptops, weighing at 2.4 lbs. Models features a 12.1" display screen with 1200x800 resolution, which is so durable that it is intentionally designed to be flexed and twisted without damage. There are three USB ports, a PC Card slot and an SDHC slot. The keyboard is large and with spaced-out buttons, and features a shortcut button to the Toshiba Assist application for quick access to a variety of function from bluetooth connectivity to outputting to external displays. There is also a seperate button to control screen backlight intensity. The Toshiba Portégé R500 series also comes with a DVD Supermulti drive, iLink and Bluetooth V2.0.

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Toshiba Portégé R500 Series 1
MSRP $1,549 - $2,149
Release date June, 2007
Brand Toshiba
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Very few compromises despite the small size
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Full sized keyboard
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Built-in optical drive, which is rare for this thinness
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Cons:
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Screen and keyboard have flex which can be disconcerting
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Optical drive can get in the way of the PC card slot
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Features

  • Intel 965 Chipset
  • Mobile Intel Express 950GM integrated graphics
  • 12.1" screen, 1200x800 resolution
  • less than 1" thick
  • built-in optical drive
  • VGA out
  • Ports: USB x 3, mini-Firewire, SD Card

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• Toshiba Portege R500-S5006X - Core 2 Duo U7700 / 1.33 GHz ULV - Centrino - RAM 2 GB - HDD 160 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) - TPM - fingerprint reader - Win XP Pro - 12.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - Microsoft Office Ready

• Portege R500-S5006X Notebook

UPC: 883974078455

EAN: 883974078455

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Toshiba Port?g? R500-S5008X

• Toshiba Portege R500-S5008x - Core 2 Duo U7700 / 1.33 GHz ULV - RAM 2 GB - HDD 160 GB - GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) - TPM - fingerprint reader - Win XP Pro - 12.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA )

• Portege R500-S5008X Notebook

UPC: 883974086337

EAN: 883974086337

MPN: PPR50U-08K09D

Toshiba Port?g? R500-S5006V

• Toshiba Portege R500-S5006V - Core 2 Duo U7700 / 1.33 GHz ULV - Centrino - RAM 2 GB - HDD 160 GB - DVD?RW / DVD-RAM - GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 - Gigabit Ethernet - WLAN : Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 802.11 a/b/g/n (draft) - TPM - fingerprint reader - Vista Business / XP Pro downgrade - 12.1" Widescreen TFT 1280 x 800 ( WXGA ) - Microsoft Office Ready

• Portege R500-S5006V Notebook

UPC: 883974078462

EAN: 883974078462

MPN: PPR50U-07Y08R

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Omar

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September 3, 2008
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ProSCORE
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3 pros
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Pros

  • Very few compromises despite the small size
  • Full sized keyboard
  • Built-in optical drive, which is rare for this thinness

Cons

  • Screen and keyboard have flex which can be disconcerting
  • Optical drive can get in the way of the PC card slot

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November 3, 2008
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Pros

  • Very few compromises despite the small size
  • Full sized keyboard
  • Built-in optical drive, which is rare for this thinness

Cons

  • Screen and keyboard have flex which can be disconcerting

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