Toshiba Portege R500 is svelte

July 27th, 2007

Toshiba Portege R500 is svelte Take a look at the Toshiba Portege R500 notebook and you’ll start to look upon your standard notebook in disdain, taking note of its relatively fat figure. The R500 looks as though it is capable of floating in mid-air, with Toshiba laying claim to this being the world’s lightest widescreen 12.1″ ultra portable notebook. It weighs a mere 1.72 pounds and comes with a 64GB SSD, a measly 3 cell battery, and lacks an optical drive to cut down on its size. The basic configuration begins at $1,999 with a Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2GHz processor and 1GB RAM, with prices touching $2,999 for the fully optioned system.