Toshiba Portégé
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Toshiba Portégé is a range of ultra-light laptops manufactured by Toshiba
, where Portégé is the prefix
name for each of the models in current series.
The latest models are the Portégé M780 and R700. Similar to the M750, the M780 features a flip and twist screen, which means it can be used as a notebook or a tablet. The device has a 12.1-inch LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1,200 × 800 pixels, and comes with a stylus for scribbling notes, which slots into the side of the chassis when not being used. The M780 also has a 320 GB hard disk, and can be customized or upgraded to Intel Core i7 processor and 8 GB RAM.
One of the very useful feature of Portege M7XX series is the UltraSlimBay port/slot. UltraSlimBay port/slot can be used for a second hard drive, Second Battery, DVD drive or Weight Saver. Such a modularity was unseen in a laptop/tablet PCs of this form factor (12.1-inch screen). M7XX was a departure from traditional design for tablets; it features a central hinge but also locks nicely into the slots at the edges, giving it more rigidity and the system can be effectively used as a laptop.
R700 on the other hand is stylish and chic. It is lightweight with a strong chassis. This can be upgraded to Intel Core i7 processor and 8 GB of RAM. It doesn't feature any UltraSlimBay options.
Early 2011, Intel Core
released their new Sandy Bridge processors. Following that release, Toshiba have released their newest range of Portégé notebooks. Worldwide there may be more models, however the Australian range is known as the R830. All have minimum i5-2410M processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 Pro. As usual, they are ultra portable with 13.3 inch screens and each coming in under 1.5 kilograms.
Toshiba
is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...
, where Portégé is the prefix
Prefix
A prefix is an affix which is placed before the root of a word. Particularly in the study of languages,a prefix is also called a preformative, because it alters the form of the words to which it is affixed.Examples of prefixes:...
name for each of the models in current series.
Overview
Portégé is the top-of-the-line Toshiba laptop brand. It is targeted to business professionals and is a lightweight series. Portege laptops occasionally featured first-in-the-world technologies. R500 was the one such machine which was first of its kind in terms of form factor that provided an integrated DVD drive and was less than a kilogram in weight.The latest models are the Portégé M780 and R700. Similar to the M750, the M780 features a flip and twist screen, which means it can be used as a notebook or a tablet. The device has a 12.1-inch LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1,200 × 800 pixels, and comes with a stylus for scribbling notes, which slots into the side of the chassis when not being used. The M780 also has a 320 GB hard disk, and can be customized or upgraded to Intel Core i7 processor and 8 GB RAM.
One of the very useful feature of Portege M7XX series is the UltraSlimBay port/slot. UltraSlimBay port/slot can be used for a second hard drive, Second Battery, DVD drive or Weight Saver. Such a modularity was unseen in a laptop/tablet PCs of this form factor (12.1-inch screen). M7XX was a departure from traditional design for tablets; it features a central hinge but also locks nicely into the slots at the edges, giving it more rigidity and the system can be effectively used as a laptop.
R700 on the other hand is stylish and chic. It is lightweight with a strong chassis. This can be upgraded to Intel Core i7 processor and 8 GB of RAM. It doesn't feature any UltraSlimBay options.
Early 2011, Intel Core
Intel Core
Yonah was the code name for Intel's first generation of 65 nm process mobile microprocessors, based on the Banias/Dothan-core Pentium M microarchitecture. SIMD performance has been improved through the addition of SSE3 instructions and improvements to SSE and SSE2 implementations, while integer...
released their new Sandy Bridge processors. Following that release, Toshiba have released their newest range of Portégé notebooks. Worldwide there may be more models, however the Australian range is known as the R830. All have minimum i5-2410M processor, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and Windows 7 Pro. As usual, they are ultra portable with 13.3 inch screens and each coming in under 1.5 kilograms.
Models
| Model | Processor options (by Hertz Hertz The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of the sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications.... ) |
Display | Graphics | Weight | Release | List price (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portege T3600ct | 50 MHz | 8.4" | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Portégé 300CT | Pentium 133 MHz | 10.4" SVGA | C&T F65554 (Rev c2) | 3.9 Lb | ? | $3,499 |
| Portégé 3020CT | Pentium MMX 266 MHz | 10.4" XGA | C&T 65555 Chips and Technologies Chips and Technologies was the first fabless semiconductor company, a model developed by its founder Gordon Campbell. Founded by Dado Banatao.Its first product was an EGA IBM compatible graphics chip... |
1.7 kg | 1998 | ? |
| Portégé 3440CT | Pentium III-M Pentium III The Pentium III brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile microprocessors based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 26, 1999. The brand's initial processors were very similar to the earlier Pentium II-branded microprocessors... 500 MHz |
11.3" XGA | S3 Savage IX S3 Savage Savage was a product-line of PC graphics chipsets designed by S3.-Savage 3D:At the 1998 E3 Expo S3 introduced the first Savage product, Savage3D. Compared to its ViRGE-derived predecessor , Savage3D was a technological leap forward... |
1.55 kg | 2000 | ? |
| Portégé 3480CT | Pentium III-M 600 MHz | 11.3" XGA | S3 Savage IX | 1.55 kg | 2000 | ? |
| Portégé 3490CT | Pentium III-M 700 MHz | 11.3" XGA | S3 Savage IX | 1.55 kg | 2001 | ? |
| Portégé 2000 | Pentium III-M 750 MHz | 12.1" XGA | Trident CyberBlade XP Ai1 Trident Microsystems Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :... |
1.18 kg | 2002 | $2,199 |
| Portégé 7010CT | Pentium II 300 MHz | 12.1" XGA | NeoMagic NeoMagic NeoMagic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use... |
4.1 Lb | 1996 | ? |
| Portégé 7020CT | Pentium II 366 MHz | 13" XGA | NeoMagic NeoMagic NeoMagic Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company and supplier of low-power audio and video integrated circuits for mobile use... |
4.1 Lb | 1998 | ? |
| Portégé R100 | Pentium M Pentium M The Pentium M brand refers to a family of mobile single-core x86 microprocessors introduced in March 2003 , and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand... ULV 900 (0.9 GHz) Pentium M ULV 1.0 (1.0 GHz) Pentium M ULV 713 (1.1 GHz) |
12.1" XGA | Trident XP4m32 LP Trident Microsystems Trident Microsystems is a supplier of display-processors for flat panel displays . At one time, Trident was also a supplier of PC graphics chipsets and sound controllers.- History :... |
1.1 kg | 2004 | ? |
| Portégé M100 | Pentium M ULV 753 (1.2 GHz) | 12.1" XGA | Intel 855GM | 2 kg | 2003 | ? |
| Portégé M200/M205 | Centrino Centrino The Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010.... ULV 753 (1.5 GHz) Centrino Centrino The Centrino brand represents Intel Wi-Fi and WiMAX adapters. It was formerly a platform-marketing initiative from Intel until January 7, 2010.... ULV 773 (1.7 GHz) |
12.1" SXGA+ | NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Go | 2.0 kg | 2004 | ? |
| Portégé R200 | Pentium M ULV 753 (1.2 GHz) Pentium M ULV 773 (1.3 GHz) |
12.1" XGA | Intel GMA 900 | 1.3 kg | 2005 | $2,099 |
| Portégé R500 | Core 2 Duo U7600 (2×1.2 GHz) Core 2 Duo U7700 (2×1.33 GHz) |
12.1" WXGA | Intel GMA 950 | 1.1 kg | 2008 | $2,599 |
| Portégé A600 | Core 2 Duo SU9300 (2×1.2 GHz) | 12.1" WXGA | Intel GMA 4500MHD | 1.46 kg | 2008 | ? |
| Portégé R600 | Core 2 Duo SU9400 (2×1.4 GHz) | 12.1" WXGA | Intel GMA 4500MHD | 1.1 kg | 2008 | ? |
| Portégé M750 |
Core 2 Duo T6600 Core 2 Duo P8400 (2×2.26 GHz) Core 2 Duo T9400 |
12.1" WXGA | Intel GMA 4500MHD | 2 kg | 2009 | $1,279 - $1,799 |
| Portégé M800 | Core 2 Duo T6400 2 GHz | 13.3" WXGA | Intel GMA 4500MHD | 2 kg | 2008 | ? |