Toshiba Portege R700 Ultraportable: Floats like a Butterfly Stings Like a Bee

Toshiba has announced the new portable Toshiba Portege R700 13.3″ ultra-portable notebook. This new Portege notebook isn’t just lightweight , it’s powerful too. Weighing in at three pounds, yet sporting full power Intel Core processors, the Toshiba Portege R700 is an impressive looking notebook. Also, this super-light machine claims up to 8.5 hours on the standard 6-cell battery and up to 12.5 with the  9-cell extended battery. Best of all, retail pricing starts at $889.

To pull all of this off Toshiba has introduced a new cooling method in the R700 series , called Airflow Cooling, which “uses directed streams of fresh air to cool the heat-generating components”; according to the press release from Toshiba. The case is a magnesium alloy with a honeycomb rib design that aims to improve the durability of the new R700. To keep the notebook running in the real world there is also a hard drive impact sensor and a spill-resistant keyboard. Unlike many ultra-portable notebooks, the Portege R700 keeps the optical drive which many users still need or use on a regular basis.

Here’s a Video Overview of the new Toshiba R700:

The Toshiba R700 features a 13.3″ widescreen display that has a 1366 x 768 resolution and supports 720P playback. It is powered by new Intel Core i processors, starting with the i3 on the consumer and entry level business model up to the Intel Core i7 on the high-end Portege R700-S1330 which is aimed at the power business user. The notebooks all have 4GB DDR3 RAM and offer hard drive options from 320GB to 500GB or a 128GB SSD on the Portege R700-S1330.

There are two distinct segments that the Portege R700 is aimed at, the Consumer with the Toshiba Portege R705-P25 sold exclusively at Best Buy and Business user with the Portege R700-S1310, Portege R700-S1320 and Portege R700-S1330 which add features like an expresscard, USB 3.0 and docking abilities. The business ready Portege R700 models will be available in July direct from Toshiba for $999, $1,299 and $1,599 respectively.

The consumer model of the Toshiba Portege R705 retails price at $889, but it is currently on sale for $799 at Best Buy with Intel Wireless Display, or WiDi, capability. This allows you to transmit your screen to an HDTV with no wires, though you will need a $99 NetGear Push2TV adapter for most HDTVs.

Toshiba Portege R705-P25 Specifications:

Operating System
• Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Processor3 and Graphics4
• Intel® Coreâ„¢ i3-350M Processor
o 2.26 GHz, 3MB Cache
• Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset
• Mobile Intel® HD Graphics with dynamically allocated shared graphic
memory.
Memory5
• Configured with 4GB DDR3 (max 8GB)
Storage Drive6
• 500GB (5400 RPM); Serial ATA hard disk drive
• TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor)
Fixed Optical Disk Drive7
• DVD SuperMulti drive supporting 9 formats
o Maximum speed and compatibility: CD-ROM (24x), CD-R (24x),
CD-RW (10x), DVD-ROM (8x), DVD-R (8x), DVD-RW (4x),
DVD+R (8x), DVD+RW (4x), DVD-RAM (3x)
Display8
• 13.3” diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite® TFT LED display at 1366×768
native resolution
o Native support for 720p content
o 16:9 aspect ratio
o LED backlight
Sound
• Built-in stereo speakers
Input Devices
• Premium US keyboard (black)
• TouchPadâ„¢ pointing device with multi-touch control
• TouchPadâ„¢ Enable/Disable
• Media Control Buttons:
o TOSHIBA eco utilityâ„¢ (Energy-saving mode)
o Touchpad on/off
o Intel® Wireless Display technology
Communications
• Webcam and microphone
• 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• Intel® 802.11a/g/n wireless LAN9 (supports Intel® Wireless Display
technology
Expandability
• 2 main memory slots accessible from the bottom. Both slots occupied
• Memory Card Reader
o Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Mini SD Card,
SDXC, Multi Media Card [shared slot may require adapter for
use]
Ports
• Video
o RGB
o HDMI
• Audio
o Microphone input port
o Headphone output port
• Data
o 3 USB v2.0 ports (2 USB + 1 eSATA/USB combo with USB
Sleep and Charge10)
o RJ-45 LAN port
• Security
o Slot for security lock

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