Toshiba also came out with what they are calling the world’s thinnest notebook series with an integrated optical disk drive (oh the technicalities!) – the new Portege R500. The Portege R500 comes with several major new enhancements including a super thing DVD burner, a new 12.1 inch widescreen display, and a super long battery life.

As we mentioned in the opening paragraph, the R500 is the world’s thinnest 12.1 inch widescreen notebook with an integrated optical disk drive. The drive measures a mere 7 mm thick yet is a fully featured DVD-SuperMulti drive.

The R500 is the world’s first notebook to utilize a 12.1 widescreen indoor/outdoor transreflective LED backlit display. The end result? You’ll be able to use the notebook in all sorts of conditions – indoor or out.

Finally, the Portege R500 has what Toshiba claims is the longest battery life for a widescreen 12.1 inch notebook (everything is relative to that folks).

The Portege R500 is available in the following models initially – the R500-S5002 and the R500-S5001X. Here are the main specs:

Portege R500-S5002 Recommended Configuration (ESUP $2,149)

  • Genuine Windows Vista(TM) Business (32-bit version)
  • Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor U7600
  • 1.20GHz, 2MB L2, 533MHz FSB with 64-bit
  • 1024MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory
  • 120GB (5400 RPM); Serial-ATA hard disk drive
  • 7mm, 8xDVD-SuperMulti (+/-R Single Layer) drive supporting 9
    formats
  • 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen highbrightness display
  • 1280 x 800 (WXGA) – Transreflective backlit LED
  • Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 64MB
  • Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n)
  • Bluetooth(R) 2.0 + EDR

Portege R500-S5001X Recommended Configuration (ESUP $1,999)

  • Genuine Windows(R) XP Professional
  • Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor U7600
  • 1.2GHz, 2MB L2, 533MHz FSB with 64-bit
  • 1024MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory
  • One memory slot occupied
  • 120GB (5400 RPM) Serial-ATA (SATA) hard disk drive
  • 7mm, 8xDVD-SuperMulti (+/-R Single Layer) drive supporting 9
    formats
  • 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen highbrightness display
  • 1280×800 (WXGA) Transreflective backlit LED
  • Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950
  • Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n)
  • Bluetooth(R) 2.0 + EDR

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