Toshiba's ultra-portable laptop trio

Toshiba prepared to market the R600 and A600 duo with a 12.1-inch screen next to the first netbook named NB100.

Toshiba prepared to market the R600 and A600 duo with a 12.1-inch screen next to the first netbook named NB100.

According to the growing trend of compact laptops and netbooks, Toshiba will launch three laptops with small but powerful designs. The R600 is the predecessor of the R500, while the NB100 is the first netbook of the company.

Toshiba Portege R600 - the slimmest 12.1-inch laptop on the market

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The R600 has a slim, bright and powerful design. Photo: Cnet .

Like the previous version of the R500, the new machine also has a solid 128 GB hard drive, optical drive, LED backlit display besides security features. However, the other point is that the machine adds many new features and chipset platforms.

Weighing only 979 grams, the Portege R600 uses the Intel GS45 mainboard, a 1.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, compared to 1.2 GHz for the R500.

The integrated Intel GMA 4500 graphics card allows for faster processing, the camera is equipped with a webcam and the SmartFace software supports face recognition when logged in. In addition, the new device is also equipped with HDMI connector. This model is compact and can compete with rivals with equipment.

Toshiba Portege A600 - a shortened version of the R600

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A600 is a shortened version of R600 and heavier. Photo: Toshiba .

A600 is a shortened version of the R600 for a cheaper price. However, the heavier machine weighs 1.46 kg. The A600 has a 12.1-inch screen, integrated optical drive. If the R600 has a 128 GB SSD, this model uses a 250 GB high capacity hard drive but is cheaper.

Toshiba NB100 - Toshiba first netbook

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The NB100 is Toshiba's first netbook. Photo: Reghardware .

NB100 is Toshiba's first netbook, like its competitors in the market, using a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, integrating features like Ethanet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, memory card head, USB and VGA ports.

Toshiba NB100 has 8.9-inch screen, integrated graphics card, 120 GB HDD, machine running on Windows XP Home Edition operating system. The difference with netbooks on the market is that USB ports can charge other electronic devices even when the computer is turned off.

The weakness of Toshiba's first netbook model is the hard-to-use keyboard, smaller than competitors like the Dell Mini 9 or HP Mini 1000.