There aren’t many better ways of gaining recognition for all the effort you have put in to be greener than from an organisation like Greenpeace. The Toshiba Portégé R600 won its category in the Greenpeace “Green Electronic Survey 2008”  – led in large part to the top spot by its drive towards the elimination of toxic chemicals in manufacturing. The green credentials go on and on from the ENERGY STAR rating, RoHS compatibility to the ecoGreen software suite – this is a highly durable machine built with the impact upon the environment in mind. For a more recent recommendation – in terms of performance the R600-11B in particular recently gained a Computer Shopper’s Best Buy award.

 

Weighing much lighter than even a number of small net books I have experienced and yet with a comparable size – the fully blown performance of the R600 laptop with its small portable form factor is something to behold – the particular machine I saw contained the latest multi-layer 512GB solid state drive for storage which should lead to improvements in boot up speed and general drive operations.

Do not be fooled by its size – this is not a cut down laptop or super enhanced net book even though it has one foot in the small form factor door – this well engineered powerhouse contains an Intel Centrino Core 2 Duo Processor with a 800 MHz front side bus, DVD Drive, WLAN, Bluetooth and 3GB memory. Battery life is up there with typical every day use – for maximum battery life Toshiba quote eight hours use.

You would think to pack in this sort of functionality the components would be tightly packed leading to highly sensitive internal workings however this machine has also been built with durability in mind. From the physical flexibility of the screen, the spill resistant keyboard, fingerprint security device and shock protection mechanism. I particular liked the way the screen could be folded down securely without the need for a specific catch. For an example of durability I saw one machine thrown across the room and remain in working order – I wouldn’t recommend doing this on a regular basis but it helps drive the point home.

 

You can get all the specs from the Toshiba site shown below but some of the points about the R600 which caught my eye include the 12.1” Transreflective screen offering a pleasantly lit resolution of 12800 x 800 backed up by an Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics adapter. I didn’t get long with the machine but the time I did get showed me it really has something to offer – it will be fascinating to see what it makes of Windows 7.

Go to Toshiba to learn more.

Images from Toshiba

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