Toshiba Portege R500 Series

Forget the Mac Book Air! :) Toshiba claims that their new Portege R500-11J laptop is the thinnest and lightest one of all (779 g and 25.5mm). The R500 series also includes the 11I model. Both will be available this month. Check out their specs and prices below.

Portege R500-11J:

- 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®
- 12.1” WXGA Transflective LED (1,280 x 800)
- 64 Go SSD (Solid State Disk)
- 2Gb (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+
- Toshiba Easy Guard
- 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 779 grams
- 1 year International Warranty

Price: €2500 (no tax included)

Portege R500-11I:

- 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
- 2GB (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+
- Toshiba Easy Guard
- 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 999 grams
- 1 year International Warranty

Price:  €2050 (no taxes included)