Source: Tom's Guide | Keywords: Toshiba, Portege, R600 | Themes: Laptops and Notebooks, Business Notebooks
- 1. Toshiba Chooses Magnesium
- 2. The Prada Handbag of Portables?
2. The Prada Handbag of Portables?
The magnesium alloy chassis means that although the R600 is lightweight it’s strong enough to pass TUV drop testing from 30” (the equivalent of pushing it off a table) and 40” (the equivalent of dropping it when you’re carrying it under your arm) on all four edges.
You can spill more than an ounce of liquid into the keyboard and still have around three minutes to save files and shut down, although Gueritte emphasizes that it’s your data that’s protected – the motherboard might need to be replaced under the three-year warranty. And the R600 has been tested at temperatures from -13 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit.
The combined eSATA/USB port gives a fast data connection and charging convenience.
The optional DVD drive is only 7mm high and fits between the SD card and PC Card slots .
What isn’t lightweight is the price, which starts at $2,099 depending on which options you choose. And while that reflects the cost of the premium and custom-designed components, Toshiba executive vice president Alan Thompson isn’t unhappy about treating the R600 as a VIP product either.
“Yes, in the end, we all know that if you get the volume up, you can bring the price down,” Thompson told us at the launch. ”You could do that with a Prada handbag as well and they don’t – why not? It’s about image; people actually want something a little bit exclusive."
Toshiba also will launch the slightly thicker ‘brother’ version of the R600, the A600, which the company says will be hitting the "magic" price points.
Although they’re both about portability, Thompson sees the netbook and the ultraportable serving very different markets; the R600 is for business and the NB100 netbook isn’t, he says, because image matters in business and because business users are more demanding, and willing to pay a higher price to get what they need. “A netbook’s primary use is as a machine for someone who can’t afford a full function one.”
The Portégé R600 is a true ultraportable.
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"Aluminum is also durable but the issue is that heat can cause bending"
Where as in magnesium heat causes ignition. It does take quite a bit to start magnesium burning, but once started normal fire extinguishers and even water will NOT put it out. My dad works with magnesium sheets. One day he put a sheet in the sink, lit it and turned the taps on full. The water didn't even slow the fire down.
I wonder how long it will be before the first magnesium laptop "meltdown"!
Derrick, the Portee chassis, like the HP EliteBook range, is made from a magnesium alloy. I suspect your father had pure magnesium, which has rather different properties.
Have a lawn mower made in magnesium, Very light, won't rust, 25 years old. And... even with a burning hot engine on it, no worries about igniting... Nice!
And the sony seem well, too.
CR33 or CR23
But for christmas, it's hard to choose what to add the christmas gift listing, iPod nano 4th or zen x-fi?
Besides, it can put tv shows on ipod and play ipod on tv, the most important, without apple tv, that's really great, may be I should get iPod.
But friend said, I need DVD to iPod converter?
Does it like dvd rippering software http://www.convert-video-dvd.com/dvd-ripper.html#115 can rip DVD to any video format ??
suppose i have 10 windows xp, and one 2003 server which is an ADS server, how can i get the details of which systems are under the same domain and which are still in workgroup and how to convert those workgroups to domain from the server through command or tool on a single click without taking remote desktop of the client
I still hug my Toshiba R100. These be a wonderful series of computers.