The R500 will represent the top of Toshiba’s UMPC range. Two versions will be released, 11J and 11I.

The 11J, with 64GB of SSD and no optical drive, is clearly looking for a fight with the Mac Book Air! Regardless of what Mr. Jobs says, Toshiba claims to have the thinnest and lightest laptop in the world (779g and 25.5mm).

Specifications include: WiFi, BlueTooth, 3G+/HSDPA, Toshiba Easy Guard for safety…

Available this month.

Portégé R500-11J

- Price : 2500 € (no tax included)
- Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core™2 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 (Solid State Disk)
- 2 Gb (2x1Gb) DDR2 (667 MHz), up to 2gb, one 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 International Warranty

Portégé R500-11I

Price: 2050 € (no taxes included)
- Intel® Centrino® Duo with Intel® Core™2 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 (2x1Go) DDR2 (667 MHz) RAM, up to 2GB, one 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 International Warranty