GetConnected hosts Mike Agerbo and AJ Vickery take a look at the Portege R500 from Toshiba, a powerful, yet ultra-thin laptop, with a 12" screen and built-in DVD drive.
I purchased this with 160 Gb HD and 2 GB memory and optical drive. The screen is atrocious - very narrow viewing angles and lots of light leakage around the edges so the image is faded. Cannot watch a video on it - especially in dark conditions because of the uneven lighting. The keyboard is the nosiest I have ever heard and bends with each key stroke with a very poor feed back. It takes 5 mins to boot up and will not properly shut down and the battery lasts about 40 mins and gets hot. AVOID
For god's sake!!! It's pronounced PORTEHJAY not protege... Idiot.
Also, the drive on this laptop is NOT a burner - it only reads DVDs.
The MacBook Air is also a hell of a lot more powerful than this - this has the UL7100 processor, which is very weak - whereas the MBA has a shrunk down version of a full power laptop processor - making the FSB (look it up) a lot higher, and having a lot higher clock speed.
Anyway, the Lenovo X300 is the best ultraportable anyway...
ur FKEN IDIOT, U GOT A DUD! STOP POSTING EVERYWHERE, u got a FAKE!!!!!
Neosin1 2 years ago
40 mins? Are you sure that you purchased this machine? :) My battery lasts about 6:30 hours...
VRomi87 2 years ago
I purchased this with 160 Gb HD and 2 GB memory and optical drive. The screen is atrocious - very narrow viewing angles and lots of light leakage around the edges so the image is faded. Cannot watch a video on it - especially in dark conditions because of the uneven lighting. The keyboard is the nosiest I have ever heard and bends with each key stroke with a very poor feed back. It takes 5 mins to boot up and will not properly shut down and the battery lasts about 40 mins and gets hot. AVOID
GEMINICT 2 years ago
"Do you want to play catch?" =D
RocZi 3 years ago
UtterLemon,
look at the other reviews, and the toshiba website
!!!ITS A FUCKING DVD BURNER!!!SUPERMULTI TOO!!!
WHATTHEFUCKLER 3 years ago
For god's sake!!! It's pronounced PORTEHJAY not protege... Idiot.
Also, the drive on this laptop is NOT a burner - it only reads DVDs.
The MacBook Air is also a hell of a lot more powerful than this - this has the UL7100 processor, which is very weak - whereas the MBA has a shrunk down version of a full power laptop processor - making the FSB (look it up) a lot higher, and having a lot higher clock speed.
Anyway, the Lenovo X300 is the best ultraportable anyway...
UtterLemon 3 years ago