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Flyweight knockouts: battle of the two-pound laptops
Justin Jaffe
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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Product name Toshiba Portege R100
Toshiba Portege R100
Toshiba Portege R100
Toshiba Portege R100



Review date September 12, 2003 September 12, 2003



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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)
Basic Specs
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  



 
 
 
Product name Toshiba Portege R100 Toshiba Portege R100



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