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Toshiba Portege R830: An Affordable Alternative To Macbook Air
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 09:10 AM
This is an ordinary thin-and-light laptop. How does it compare in any way with the MacBook Air?
This is an ordinary thin-and-light laptop. How does it compare in any way with the MacBook Air?
This is an ordinary thin-and-light laptop. How does it compare in any way with the MacBook Air?
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Posted 25 March 2011 - 11:10 AM
looks like it's between the air and pro, since in terms of weight it's closer to the air (3.2lbs. for toshiba, 2.9 for the air) versus the macbook pro's 4.5 lbs.
Thickness-wise, it's closer to the macbook pro, though it starts at 0.72"
Thickness-wise, it's closer to the macbook pro, though it starts at 0.72"
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Posted 26 March 2011 - 06:34 AM
I have been using the Best Buy version since the first week it arrived in the store. I snatched it up, knowing that it was the perfect, pick it up with one hanc, laptop. 2 days later you couldn't find them--the salesperson said they sold out immediately. Toshiba did a really good job on this machine. Its only problems are the lack of an external volume control and a keyboard that isn't very responsive.
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Posted 13 August 2011 - 05:56 AM
i don't like toshiba
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Posted 13 August 2011 - 03:07 PM
CBr0e0, on 25 March 2011 - 06:35 AM, said:
your comparison is not right this laptop compares better with the macbook pro 13"
Actually its quite a unique machine that doesn't really line up against either of Apple's. Like the 13" MBP it has a built-in optical drive. Like the Air it is in the 3lb class instead of the 4.5 lb class of the MBP. It is cheaper than either, but in build quality compares (very favorably) to the recently discontinued plastic MacBook, which is also 50% heavier.
If I was looking for a cheap, lightweight computer with full features, the Portege would be a very strong competitor.
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Posted 13 August 2011 - 03:08 PM
joecomputerso0ws, on 13 August 2011 - 05:56 AM, said:
i don't like toshiba
Wow, a Toshiba hater.
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"An atheist is just somebody who feels about Yahweh the way any decent Christian feels about Thor or Baal or the golden calf. As has been said before, we are all atheists about most of the gods that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further."
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