When it comes to ultraportable notebooks, everyone wants to lay claim to producing the thinnest and lightest. Toshiba's R600 updates an earlier thin and light model,
And it is certainly light. Models in the R600 range start at (a very precise) 0.774kg. A solid state hard drive helps meet this amazingly light specification, with most of the models having a physical hard drive instead and clocking in at (an equally precise) 1.114Kg.
Which has consequences: the casing isn't as robust as it could be. There is a fair amount of flex in the lid section, and the wrist rest area too we found to be a bit lacking in solidity.
The 12.1-inch screen delivers 1280 x 800 pixels. The viewing angles aren't great, and the screen is neither as sharp nor as bright as we'd like. A button on the keyboard area turns the screen backlight off. This lets you use ambient light to work in and is designed to help conserve battery power, but we found it difficult to read the screen like this. It would probably only really be workable on bright, sunny days.
The keyboard is good but it too has its low points, most notably that there is a fair amount of flex, which won't appeal to everyone. But the Enter key is nice and large and the keyboard is spill-resistant.
The touchpad incorporates vertical and horizontal scrolling, and there is a fingerprint sensor nestled between the left and right mouse buttons. A VGA webcam sits above the screen.
source:itrevies.com
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