We haven't had time to set up Outlook yet, so we'll examine this feature's usefulness in a later update to this review. Connections are somewhat skimpier than we're used to having with a modern laptop, and include two USB 2. On such a pricey and otherwise cutting-edge laptop, we expected more ports and slots, including FireWire, a media card reader, and an ExpressCard slot.
Networking equipment includes a Gigabit Ethernet jack, integrated Toshiba's proprietary connection utility makes setting up the EV-DO signal almost completely painless.
While definitely small, the Portege R is not an ultraportable system, so we could reasonably expect an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, not a slower Core Duo in this case the ultralow-voltage 1. The DVD burner is also shunted off to an external add-on box, something we've seen in ultraportable systems, but rarely, if at all, in a laptop this size. Despite our misgivings about some of the component choices in both Vista systems, each one is perfectly adequate for mainstream productivity and multimedia use--despite the resource-hogging reputation of Windows Vista.
As with the Pavilion txus, the Portege R felt robust and speedy during our hands-on testing. We're continuing to test this system and will update this review as more results become available. Windows Vista can be power hungry, and the secondary edge display probably doesn't help, but at least three hours is what we'd expect from tablet PCs, which are intended to be mobile by their very nature. Our review unit included a second, extended battery pack which we have not tested yet which clips onto the bottom of the system.
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