The Portege R500-100 is a featherweight machine that packs a welterweight punch. Some things are excellent - the weight obviously, the battery life (up to 5 hours), the speed, the screen (when it's on full power), and the keyboard. Toshiba has packaged the machine well, with a handy set of utilities, such as HDD protection (although this can be annoying when you're on a bumpy train - even if it is doing its job), the ConfigFree software (with its quick connect to different networks, wireless and Bluetooth connectivity), and power saving options.
Switching between monitors and Digital TVs (if they are fitted with a PC connection) shows that the graphics card isn't bad at all. Sound is good too, although the Realtekaudio mixer is basic.
The touchpad drove me to distraction until I found how to turn it off while I typed - it's software is too clever by half and leads to the cursor jumping around the screen as you type.
The big thing you need to be aware of is, paradoxically, using the fingerprint reader software for anything than basic passwords. DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO USE IT TO PROTECT FILES. If there's a glitch that stops the TrueSuite software from connecting your fingerprints to the key it generates to protect your files, you'll never be able to read, amend, copy, move or even delete them again. And Toshiba's only solution is to reload Windows from scratchm wiping your disc clean - so losing all those files, Great, isn't it!
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(+) cool and quite robust trackpad, good display,64-bit windows 7 (-) few connectors,dell drivers only, not realy for gameing (most models), finger print prone!
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