The Bottom Line
While Toshiba may have the lightest laptop available with the Portege R100, its short battery life and high cost make it a hard sell.
Pros
- Extremely Thin
- Lightest Portable Available
- Full Size Keyboard
Cons
- Very Expensive
- Optical Drive Requires Use of PC Card Slot
- Limited Battery Life
Description
- Intel Pentium M 1GHz Processor
- 256MB PC2100 DDR Memory
- 40 Gigabyte 1.8 Inch Hard Drive
- External PC Card 8x DVD-ROM Optical Drive
- 12.1" XGA TFT Display and Trident XP4m32 LP Graphics with 32MB Memory
- AD1981B Audio
- v.92 56Kbps Modem, 10/100 Ethernet and 802.11b Wireless
- Two USB 2.0 Ports
- 11.3" x 9" x 7" @ 2.4 lbs. (without External Drive)
- Windows XP Professional Operating System
Guide Review - Toshiba Portege R100
9/28/03 - The Toshiba Portege R100 is the lightest and thinnest laptop available at only .7" thick and 2.4 pounds. Of course this is pretty much the only bragging rights to it. In order to keep the weight and size down, Toshiba had to limit the size of the battery giving the R100 a very limited battery life even with its Pentium M processor. They also had to keep the optical drive as an external component that has to be connected through the PC Card slot. On the plus side though, they were able to keep a full sized keyboard on the unit. The big problem with the R100 is its very high price. Comparable systems provide more features at a lower cost. The price does include a 3-year limited warranty though.
