It isn’t exactly the thinnest laptop we’ve seen this year, but somehow all that weight just seems to disappear when you are holding it, to the point that it sometimes felt hollow.

In our hands, the R830 feels lighter than its 1.4kg spec suggests. Machines that are sold in the market right now also come in a couple of other colors, namely blue and black. It’s been forever since we saw something so bold on a true blue business machine, and we feel that Toshiba’s decision to allow users to choose something that represents their own style is a very good one. Our review unit has a bright red, matte piece of aluminum on the lid, and boy, are we enamored by it. But there's still plenty to like about this little machine, so let’s start with its exterior. Today’s Toshiba R830 is almost the same, and it would be hard to discern any differences between then. It featured a bigger 13.3-inch screen, and beefed up specs (Core i3, i5 or i7 CPU). While the latter has long since been overtaken by other notebooks, its portability score is still unbeatable, even till today.Īnd if you thought the R600 was good, the R700, introduced in 2010 was even better. The R600 had a very high score due to its super light weight (0.979kg!) and long battery life.

For the uninitiated, our portability score is derived using a mathematical formula, and it tells us if it’s worth our time to lug a machine around. Remember the Toshiba Protege R600 that was introduced in 2008? It was one of the lightest notebooks we’ve ever laid our eyes on and since then, it has topped our portability charts every single time. The One that Goes On and On The One that Goes On and On

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