It hasn't been that long since 512GB SSDs were announced and notebooks sporting that massive SSD storage size are already making an appearance. Well, using the plural is a little far fetched since right now only one notebook has actually been announced and manufactured. What's the name of that notebook? The Toshiba Portege R600-ST4203.

A real beauty from Toshiba that sports a 512GB SSD, an eight-hour battery, a 12.1-inch display screen and an Intel Ultra Low Voltage Core 2 Duo SU9400 processor. As for the memory, it features 3GB of PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM.

Carl Pinto, vice president product development, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., had the following to declare, “Toshiba invests more in research and development than any other laptop company. Its heritage of developing first to market advanced technologies that keep mobile professionals ahead of the curve is a unique asset to Toshiba’s business. […] We recognize that the market for SSD technology is growing, and to meet that market need, we produced a high performance laptop with the largest solid state storage capacity available today.”

Since it uses SSD technology, the laptop is lighter, faster, more responsive, less prone to failures (the SSD has no mechanical parts so... can't have any mechanical errors), is tougher and more resistant to impacts. The 12.1-inch screen is transreflective and the laptop features Windows Vista Business edition as its operating system.

As for other options, you'll get Bluetooth connectivity, built-in webcam and microphone, fingerprint reader and multiple-level password utilities, two USB 2.0 ports and one eSATA/USB 2.0 combo port with Sleep and Charge. Since the machine is clearly meant for business use (you won't be playing many games on that processor), it comes with a “business type” of price tag: a MSRP of 3.499.99 USD.


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