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Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W review

The R600 ran for an impressive 5 hours and 8 minutes on our video playback battery drain test, using the included six-cell battery. Because our drain test is especially grueling, you can expect longer life from casual Web surfing and office use.

Toshiba includes a three-year, parts-and-labor warranty with the system--fairly standard for business systems. The battery is only covered for a year, though. Support is accessible through a 24-7 toll-free phone line, plus there's online support via the Toshiba Web site. Service can be done by mailing the system into the Toshiba Depot or carry-in warranty service via authorized service providers.

Multimedia Multitasking test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W
1313 
Dell Adamo
1864 
HP Mini 2140
4080 

Adobe Photoshop CS3 image-processing test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W
272 
Dell Adamo
345 

Apple iTunes encoding test (in seconds)
(Shorter bars indicate better performance)
Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W
248 
Dell Adamo
357 
HP Mini 2140
789 

Video playback battery drain test (in minutes)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Dell Adamo
156 
Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W
308 
HP Mini 2140
301 

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Toshiba Portege R600-ST520W
Windows Vista Business Edition SP1; 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9400; 3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD; 160GB Toshiba 5,400rpm

Dell Adamo
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 (64-bit); 1.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo U9300; 2048MB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz; 779MB (Shared) Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD; 128GB Samsung SSD

Acer Aspire 3935-6504
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1; 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo P7350; 3072MB DDR2 SDRAM 1066MHz; 128MB Mobile Intel GMA 4500MHD; 250GB Toshiba 5400rpm

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Josh started writing about consumer tech more than a decade ago covering everything from software and computers to home theater and audio equipment. He currently covers digital cameras and camcorders for CNET, but occasionally spouts off about other things like laptops, tablets, apps, and anything to do with listening to music. Full Bio

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