Toshiba has launched another great mobile device in the market, the Toshiba R600 Notebook. Toshiba has long been known to be amongst the leaders in the mobile computing business and their notebooks are a preference for people who want mobility and reliability.

The R600 weighs only 2.14 lbs. and is only 12.1 inches thick. Toshiba claims it is the world’s thinnest and lightest notebook in the market today. It uses Intel’s 1.2GHz ultra-low voltage Core 2 Duo to help it achieve a maximum battery life of nine hours. In includes a 160GB hard drive pre-loaded with Windows Vista Business and 2GB of memory that is upgradeable to 5GB. A dual-layer DVD burner is included.

Features:

Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32/64-bit, SP1 with downgrade media for Windows® XP Professional

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor SU9400

3GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM

128GB Solid State Drive (SSD)

DVD SuperMulti (+/-R single layer) drive

Intel® Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN (802.11a/g/n)

Bluetooth® version 2.1 plus Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)

Price: $2,999.00

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Toshiba’s growth in the notebook manufacturing market has been tremendous. Credit this to its Portégé laptop range. Now, Toshiba is planning to release its own super-thin notebook that could possibly rival Apple’s MacBook Air. This new model claims to be the world’s thinnest and lightest fully featured machine to date.

The Toshiba R600 weighs in at 1.1kg (2.4lb) and measures 283 x 215.8 x 19.5-25.5mm. The R600 is a bit similar to its older brother, the R500, which weighs exactly the same and has identical dimensions. The new model comes in two flavors: a 1.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400 model with 1GB of 800MHz DDR 2 memory and a 128GB solid-state drive, or a cheaper 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo SU9300 version with 2GB of 800MHz DDR 2 memory and a 160GB SATA HDD.

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