Akihabara News reports on the Toshiba Portégé R500. Two version will be available, the R500-11J and Portégé R500-11I.
According to DailyTech, "The two differ in storage options and weight. The 1.7 pound R500-11J comes equipped with a 64GB solid-state disk (SSD) and no optical drive. The 2.2 pound R500-11I uses a traditional 120GB, 5400 RPM HDD and an ultra-slim Super-Multi DVD burner."
Mike Elgan categorizes the R500 as a MacBook Air Killer. Naw. The system is missing a vital component - ink. GottaBeMobile points out that the R500 would be a perfect Tablet PC - but it is not. And the R400 should be a Tablet PC. There is no reason to release any notebook without ink features but manufacturers keep building notebooks.
Portégé R500-11J
-Price : 2500 € (no tax included)
-Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core™2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600 (2 Mb Cache, 1.20 GHz, 533 MHz FSB), Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection and Intel® 945GMS Express chipset
-Windows Vista® Pro
-12.1” WXGA Transflective LED (1,280 x 800)
-64 Go SSD (Solid State Disk)
-2 Gb (2x1Gb) DDR2 (667 MHz), up to 2gb, one slot available
-No optical drive
-Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, up to 256MB shared
-TouchPad
-Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
-Wi-Fi™ (802.11 a/g/n), Bluetooth, 3G+
-283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 779 grams
-1 year international warranty
Portégé R500-11I
Price: 2050 € (no taxes included)
-Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core™2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600 (2 Mb Cache, 1.20 GHz, 533 MHz FSB), Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection and Intel® 945GMS Express chipset
-Windows® XP Pro
-12.1” WXGA Transflective LED (1,280 x 800) monitor
-120 Gb (5400 rpm) S-ATA
-2 GB (2x1Go) DDR2 (667 MHz) RAM, up to 2GB, one slot available
-DVD Super Multi Ultra-slim
-Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, up to 256 MB shared
-TouchPad
-Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
-Wi-Fi™ (802.11 a/g/n), Bluetooth, 3G+
-283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 999 grams
-1 year international warranty
Ultimately the R500 would be a great unit on anyone's lap but the system would be far superior if the unit was ink-enabled as well as touch-enabled.
