It has been more than a decade since Toshiba came out with the first of its mini lines of laptops and they became instant hits as the Portege R835-P81 is likely to become as well.
The Toshiba Portege R835-P81 13.3-inch LED Laptop is a very surprising PC. First, there's the size. At 12.44 by 8.94 by 1.5 inches and weighing in at a mere 3.2 pounds, you can easily hand-carry this laptop with you wherever you go.
It is a small laptop with some big features. For example, not only is it equipped with Windows 7 and all the capabilities it offers, but it is also equipped with 6GB of SDRAM - expandable to 8 GB - right from the box. In addition, the R835-P81 includes a high-resolution LED display so that images appear crisply and cleanly in at 1366 by 768 resolution, also the native mode for high-definition video. Indeed, the R835-P81 offers one a single-cable output of high-definition audio and video so that you only need one add-on device to satisfy the needs of those who want to use the R835-P81 as the source mode for high-definition displays.
Making use of the graphics chipset, the Portege R835-P81 offers one some innovative video technology including 3D capability, something that is hard to find in a PC of this price class. Indeed, the video chipset uses 1.3 GB of the memory for its own purposes so the image updates are instant. Indeed, operating in TurboBoost mode - 3 GHz - the entire laptop seems geared for near instant action. That action is helped by the built in 1333 MHz front-side bus which moves data around the motherboard and updates things with surprising speed.
The screen, admittedly, is on the small side at 13.3 inches (diagonal), however the TrueBrite technology that it offers more than makes up for the smaller-sized screen as you can display just about any image you want to display either through the Gigabit Ethernet (wired) interface or the WiFi 801.11 a/b/g/n interface as well. The Portege, always a lighter version of Toshiba's larger Satellite series, is a serious computer for the serious user.
Indeed, it offers not only two standard USB 2.0 interfaces, but also upgrades another one to USB 3.0 for higher-speed output or more interface options.
The Portege R835-P81 was engineered from the ground up with portability and high-performance capability in mid, so it's little wonder that the standard lithium-ion battery can run the laptop for up to 8 hours (some say it could be 9) but, depending on what one is actually doing, it is more likely the 8 figure is the best one to use.
The Portege R835-P81 is no slouch in any situation, however, one will have to add their own webcam if they are planning to do any videoconferencing or chatting as the Portege R835-P81 does not offer a forward-webcam. One has to realize that to get all of the capability that the Portege already has built in, including a 640 GB 5400-spin SATA hard disk drive and a SuperWrite DVD -+RW drive that can handle just about any format, one has to give up something and the camera is the first item to go. One can easily interface one's own.
One could go on and on talking about the features on this mini-sized, lightweight laptop - no, it is definitely not a netbook - but what would that prove, other than than that the raves for this Toshiba are well earned.
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