Flyweight knockouts: battle of the two-pound laptops |
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![]() Justin Jaffe, senior associate editor | What must you give up when your laptop slips under the magic three-pound mark? Are you doomed to work on a cramped keyboard, live with short battery life, suffer from limp performance, and make do without a DVD or CD drive? Maybe not. Ultralights keep getting better. We review the top models from Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, and IBM. | |||
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Toshiba Portege R100 |
Toshiba Portege R100 |
| Review date | September 12, 2003 | September 12, 2003 |
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Very good |
Very good |
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| Review summary | The Toshiba Portege R100 is a very light, well-designed laptop, but like many ultraportables, it suffers from abbreviated battery life when running off its primary cell. | The Toshiba Portege R100 is a very light, well-designed laptop, but like many ultraportables, it suffers from abbreviated battery life when running off its primary cell. |
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| User comments | 6.7 Good (from 30 users) | 6.7 Good (from 30 users) |
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| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 11.3 in x 9 in x 0.7 in | 11.3 in x 9 in x 0.7 in |
| Weight | 2.4 lbs | 2.4 lbs |
| Processor | Intel Pentium M 1 GHz Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) | Intel Pentium M 1 GHz Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) |
| Cache Memory | 1 MB - L2 cache | 1 MB - L2 cache |
| RAM | 256 MB (installed) / 1.25 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - 266 MHz - DDR266/PC2100 | 256 MB (installed) / 1.25 GB (max) - DDR SDRAM - 266 MHz - DDR266/PC2100 |
| Hard Drive | 40 GB | 40 GB |
| Optical Storage | None | None |
| Graphics Controller | Trident XP4m32 - 32 MB | Trident XP4m32 - 32 MB |
| Networking | - Fast Ethernet , - IEEE 802.11b , Network adapter - Ethernet | - Fast Ethernet , - IEEE 802.11b , Network adapter - Ethernet |
| Battery | Lithium ion | Lithium ion |
| OS Provided | Microsoft Windows XP Professional | Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
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| Product name | Toshiba Portege R100 | Toshiba Portege R100 |
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