Toshiba Portege R30-A1302

The Toshiba Portege R30 - A1302 ( $ 1599 , as tested ) is an ultraportable with a high -powered Intel Core i7 processor and fast solid - state drive ( SSD ) . Add to that all - day battery life , and you have the potential for a good business laptop power users . Unfortunately, some parts of the system are relatively common , making it just a good system .




Design and Features
The Portege R30 - A1302 has an ultraportable design old - school , making it chunky - compared with sleeker looking Ultrabooks , such as the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch , Acer Aspire S7 - 392 to 6,411 , and the Editors Choice ' for ultraportables , Apple MacBook Pro 13 - inch ( 2013) . It was a smidge over an inch thick , 1.04 by 12.4 by 9 inches ( HWD ) . But it weighs a light 3.18 pounds .
The greater part of the panel on the chassis let Toshiba add a full - size ports like VGA , ExpressCard , and Ethernet , with room to spare . Had room for a tray - load DVD burner , which is a welcome feature for users in the department record - keeping . Other , more modern ports include three USB 3.0 ports , SD card slot , HDMI , and a headset jack . The dual pointing device consisting of a one - piece multitouch touchpad embedded in the palm rest , and a pointing stick and separate mouse buttons usual spot just below the keyboard . The chiclet - style , spill - resistant keyboard is responsive , but with a slightly spongy feel and showed some distortion .



A removable 66Wh battery slides below Portege R30 - A1302 , a step back to the laptop of the past . Many modern designs , including most Ultrabooks , eschew a removable battery to offer a slimmer chassis . This feature throwback lets you keep the battery fully charged spares around , though .

The 256GB SSD is close to 200GB available when you take out of the box ultraportable . The Portege R30 - A1302 have Windows 7 Professional , because it lacks the touch screen that makes Windows 8 more useful. Given that Windows 8 There are still one or two years away from adoption for many companies , and Windows XP will lose all support options Microsoft , Windows 7 is the best compromise .

The screen has a 1366 -by - 768 native resolution , which is sufficient for business applications . However , complex spreadsheets or database users will find themselves yearning for a screen with a higher resolution , to display more data on the screen at once . Viewing angles are pretty narrow , compared to In - Plane Switching ( IP ) shows the system such as the MacBook Pro and Dell Latitude e7440 Touch . Ultraportable has a standard three - year warranty .