Slide Show: The MacBook Air in Perspective
Apple's ultrathin MacBook Air refocuses attention on ultraportable laptops. How does it stack up against the competing Fujitsu's LifeBook P8010 and Toshiba's Portege R500?
Melissa J. Perenson, PC World
Toshiba Portege R500
The Portege R500's specs sound familiar in some ways; in others, not at all. This model runs Intel's 1.2-GHz Core 2 Duo U7600 processor and Intel's 945GMS graphics; it also comes with 1GB of memory (expandable to 2GB). The display measures 12.1 inches and carries a native resolution of 1280-by-800 pixels; it's also LED-backlit--this technique is increasingly the technology of choice for laptop displays. The hard drive is a shock-mounted, 5200-rpm 120GB SATA drive; that's 30 percent more storage than on the MacBook Air's slower 4200-rpm drive.
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