Toshiba is insisting that their Portege 500 is the world’s thinnest and lightest laptop as they will be releasing two additional products along with the Portege 500 family – the R500-11J and R500-11I with the weight of 779g and and 999g respectively (see complete details below). The notable specification for the R500-11J version are the 64 GB SSD, 779g, and 3G. With these notable specifications, R500-11J will directly compete with Apple’s MacBook Air.

Portégé R500-11J specification

• Price: $3,620
• Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core^TM2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600 (2 Mb Cache, 1.20 GHz, 533 MHz FSB), Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection and Intel® 945GMS Express chipset
• Windows Vista® Pro
• 12.1″ WXGA Transflective LED (1,280 x 800)
• 64 Go SSD
• 2 Gb (2×1Gb) DDR2 (667 MHz), up to 2gb, 1 memory slot available
• No optical drive
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, up to 256MB shared
• TouchPad
• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/g/n), Bluetooth, 3G+
• 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 779 grams
• 1 year warranty

Portégé R500-11I specification

• Price: $2,970
• Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core^TM2 Duo Ultra Low Voltage U7600 (2 Mb Cache, 1.20 GHz, 533 MHz FSB), Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG network connection and Intel® 945GMS Express chipset
• Windows® XP Pro
• 12.1″ WXGA Transflective LED (1,280 x 800) monitor
• 120 Gb (5400 rpm) S-ATA
• 2 GB (2×1Go) DDR2 (667 MHz) RAM, up to 2GB, 1 memory slot available
• DVD Super Multi Ultra-slim
• Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950, up to 256 MB shared
• TouchPad
• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000)
• Wi-Fi (802.11 a/g/n), Bluetooth, 3G+
• 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, 999 grams
• 1 year warranty

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