Toshiba Portégé M700
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Average of 11 scores (from 11 reviews)
Reviews for the Toshiba Portégé M700
Source: Tech Advisor Archive.org version
This earnest laptop is a jack of many trades, with a good selection of features and relatively impressive battery life for untethered productivity. The price premium over a comparably specified regular laptop will be a good investment if you need a versatile laptop-cum-tablet that works well in either guise.
(von 5): 3.5, Verarbeitung 3.5, Ausstattung 4, Preis 3.5, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/23/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% features: 80% mobility: 80% workmanship: 70%
Source: PC Mag Archive.org version
Although its tablet PC lineup may not be as impressive as Fujitsu 's, Toshiba has put together a solid and diverse array of convertible tablets over the past several years. The Toshiba Portégé M700-S7002 ($1,799 direct) is a convertible tablet that competes with the Fujitsu LifeBook T4000 Series and the ASUS R1, offering a wide selection of bred-for-performance, standard-voltage processors. This convertible tablet has the processing capability and an optical drive to maintain productivity at a high level.
4 von 5, Leistung exzellent
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 04/11/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 95%
Source: Laptop Mag Archive.org version
Priced at $1,799, the Toshiba Portégé M700-S7002 is a very good choice for road warriors who demand power, portability, and the flexibility of having both touch and pen input. Although it’s a bit on the thick side, the M700-S7002 is a top-notch performer that can stand up to business travelers.
4 von 5, Leistung gut, Mobilität gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 03/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80%
Source: Trusted Reviews Archive.org version
There's no denying that the Portégé M700 is well specified and that Toshiba has priced it competitively for a fully featured Tablet device. However, it's bigger and heavier then most 12.1in notebooks, and it lacks the solid build quality of the business behemoth that is the Lenovo ThinkPad. The keyboard is particularly disappointing, but if you're planning to use it mostly in Tablet mode, that probably won't bother you. There's not much that's intrinsically wrong with the M700, but there's nothing that stands out as particularly good either. This latest Portégé definitely hasn't convinced me of the merits of Tablet computing, but to be fair to Toshiba, I doubt that anything could.
(von 10): 7, Ausstattung 8, Leistung 7, Verarbeitung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 03/17/2008
Rating: Total score: 70% performance: 70% features: 80% workmanship: 40%
Source: vnunet.com Archive.org version
Although 2kg isn’t heavy for a laptop when carried in a shoulder bag, actually holding it in your hands is a different matter and, after 15 minutes or so, you’ll most likely be struggling. Combine this with the premium you’re paying for the tablet design and alternatives such as ultraportable laptops or UMPCs start to look more attractive.
(von 5): 3, Ausstattung 4, Leistung 3
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 02/29/2008
Rating: Total score: 60% performance: 60% features: 80%
Source: PC Pro Archive.org version
Not only does this fail to compete with the best tablets in its price range, but it is also too expensive for those who would only occasionally spin the screen and hide the keyboard. Attractive to look at, but too expensive for occasional tablet use and not good enough to compete with the best dedicated devices.
3 von 6, Preis/Leistung schlecht
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 01/31/2008
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 40%
Foreign Reviews
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 3-4/09
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 90% display: 80%
Source: SFT - 1/09
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 96% performance: 80% features: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: SFT - 1/09
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 01/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 92% performance: 40% mobility: 80% emissions: 80%
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 11-12/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 90% price: 80% performance: 80%
Source: PCM NL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 04/21/2008
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 72% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 90%
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These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.
» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
T7500:
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» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.12.10":
This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.
The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.
The same applies to tablets in this size range.
» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.Toshiba: Toshiba Corporation is a Japanese conglomerate or technology group. The company was established in 1939 and in 1978 Toshiba became the official company name. The company's products and services include power, industrial and social infrastructure systems, elevators and escalators, electronic components, semiconductors, hard drives, printers, batteries, lighting, logistics and information technology. Toshiba was one of the largest manufacturers of personal computers, consumer electronics, home appliances and medical equipment.
77.82%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.
» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.