Toshiba Portege R600 Ultraportable Now Available in the US

Toshiba’s new 12.1-inch ultraportable laptop – the Portege R600 – is now available in the United States.

The Toshiba Portege R600 measures 0.77 inches at its thinnest edge and starts at 2.4 pounds. It is based on Intel Centrino 2 processor technology. Currently, there are two R600 configurations available – the R600-S4201 and R600-S4202. Both systems come with the Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 CPU at 1.4GHz, GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, 3GB of DDR2 memory, a built-in DVD burner, and 1280×800 widescreen LED-sidelight display that is outdoor viewable.

However, the Portege R600-S4201 includes a 160GB traditional hard drive, while the R600-S4202 has a 128GB solid state drive.

The offered notebooks feature an integrated web camera, the Intel Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/g/n) wireless module, Gigabit Ethernet LAN port, and Bluetooth, as well as two USB ports, an USB/eSATA combo port with “Sleep and Charge” functionality, an ExpressCard slot, and Secure Digital slot.

For enhanced security, there are fingerprint reader and the Trusted Platform Module 1.2.

According to product specifications, the ultraportables provide up to 7.53 hours of battery life.

The R600 runs Windows Vista Business OS.

The Toshiba Portege R600-S4201 and R600-S4202 are priced at $2,099 and $2,999 respectively and can be ordered through the PC maker’s website.

Nice system…. shitty OS.

It’s about time Toshiba adopted Ubuntu….. and why do laptop keyboards still carry that Microsoft swastika in this multi-OS world?

I sure hope versions w/o optical drive will be availible for us weight-concious users who want to slice off that last 100-150 grams.

I prefer having an external DVD writer, most of the time it stays home anyway. In fact, I hardly ever use it.