Toshiba Portege Z30                                                      Prices 

 

 

Toshiba Portege Z30 is a fully equipped ultrabook that has been properly customized to provide unparalleled service to the business user. To begin with, not only does this laptop have plenty of useful features but it also has a fast processor guaranteeing a solid performance. With the ability to last up to 10 hours before the next recharge is required, this ultrabook offers an exceptionally long battery life too.

 

That is not all; Toshiba Portege Z30 is an extremely lightweight laptop which will not give you any portability problems while on the go. Especially if you are often on the move, it is usually inevitable that your laptop will come across some knocks and bumps of daily use. Well this is yet another reason you may want to choose the Toshiba Portege Z30 as it has a very robust design that heightens its durability over traditional laptop models.

Quite simply, this is an all round laptop that has a lot of boons that a user can savor.

 

Design

Toshiba Portege Z30 has a gunmetal magnesium alloy chassis giving it a tough sturdy exterior. It has a thin but good quality body build with rounded edges fashioned in a shock absorbing design. To top it all, honeycomb reinforcement is used in ensuring that the laptop remains rigid and outright durable. The Toshiba logo is visible on the lower right corner of the lid.

This model has an LED backlit keyboard with spill resistant keys.

 

The keyboard is spacious with a sizeable responsive touchpad. There is a pair of dedicated click buttons at one end of the touchpad. On the keyboard you can find the touchpad lock button which is a tiny blue button fit on the lower side of the keyboard.

 

Weighing at just about 1.18Kg, Toshiba Portege Z30 is a lightweight ultrabook that you will be comfortable taking with you everywhere you go. It additionally has dimensions of 17.8 × 316 × 227.1mm (HWD) giving it an ideal size to easily fit in your laptop bag and go unnoticed.

 

This Toshiba laptop offers a 13.3 inch TFT color LCD screen. It does not have any webcam. For connectivity purposes you will find 3 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI output, Ethernet and an SD card slot.

 

Features

1. Operating System: Window 7 Professional (upgradable to Windows 8.1 Pro)

2. Processor: 1.90 GHz Dual-core Intel Core i5-4300U

3. RAM: 4 GB

4. Hard Drive Size: 128GB (Solid State)

5. Screen Display Size: 13.3”

6. Native Resolution: 1366 × 768

7. Graphics Memory Capacity: up to 1.75GB

8. Graphics Card: Intel HD 4400

9. Graphics Memory Accessibility: Shared

10. Finger Print Reader

11. Backlit Keyboard

12. Bluetooth 4.0

13. Stereo speakers

14. Full HD Stereo microphone

15. Ports/slots: 3 USB 3.0 ports, HDMI, Ethernet, SD card slot, 4G SIM slot

16. Weight: 1.18 Kg

17. Height: 17.8mm

18. Width: 316mm

19. Depth: 227.1

20. Battery Life: 10 hours

21. Wi-Fi

 

Pros

Its sturdy and rugged design makes the Toshiba Portege Z30 incredibly durable. It is ultrathin, light and portable. It offers a good battery life in addition to advanced security options such as the fingerprint reader. The backlit keyboard helps when typing in dim lit surroundings. It produces good sound quality and has a wide range of options for connectivity.

 

Cons

This ultrabook has a low screen resolution thus does not provide the best display. There is no webcam.

 

Conclusion

Toshiba Portege Z30 has a generous feature set, is ultrathin and sturdy. However the low screen resolution is a great downside that you may have to stomach.