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Toshiba Portege R400 (with HSDPA)

By Craig Simms, CNET.com.au on 27 May 2008 02:52 PM

Tags: toshiba, portege, r400, laptop, tablet, hsdpa, screen, duo

Manufacturer: Toshiba

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
  • USB ports
  • 2
  • VGA
  • Yes

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1280 x 800 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 12.1 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 80 GB

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 31.9 x 304 x 239.5 mm
  • Weight
  • 1.72 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Ultraportable

Graphics

  • Graphics hardware
  • Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 2GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-533
  • Memory card reader
  • Yes

Other

  • Integrated webcam
  • No

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 1.2 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows Vista Business

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • No

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The good:
  • Excellent usability
  • Lightweight yet relatively rugged
  • Perfectly suited to Vista
The bad:
  • Exorbitant price
  • Ancient specs
  • Keyboard flexes when typed on
  • Mono sound
  • No webcam
  • Heavy
  • Tiny touchpad
  • Screen rotate disables 3G in one direction, degrades quality in another
The bottomline:

The last year has not been kind to Toshiba's Portege R400. While it retains the advantage of being a tablet, in all other respects the rest of the ultraportable crowd have left it well behind.

Editors’ rating:

5/10

RRP: AU$4180.00

Related topics:

toshiba, portege, R400, laptop, tablet, hsdpa

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