Toshiba Portégé R400

Notebook specifications

Notebook: Toshiba Portégé R400
Processor: Intel Core Duo U2500 (1200 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 12.1 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 1.6 kg
Average score: 70.33% - average
Average of 6 scores (from 11 reviews)

Reviews in English

80%Toshiba 12" R400 Tablet Laptop Review
Source: Notebookforums
The Toshiba Portege R400 12.1” tablet is not only good looking, but it’s surprisingly functional. As a lightweight tablet PC, it pushes design and mobility limits, but it’s also not for the faint of pocketbook – the R400 starts at around $2500. Even though it’s got the looks, it can leave some things to be desired for the ultramobile crowd in terms of power and functionality. There are a couple of distinct features of this laptop. First, it uses Microsoft’s Active Notifications technology to let you monitor your email and calendar when the laptop is closed and inactive (but turned on). This was one of the first laptops to use this technology. What this means is that you can watch for new emails and your next appointments without opening up your laptop thanks to a small external screen on the front of the laptop.
Date: 08/07/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 50% display: 70% mobility: 50%

60%Toshiba Portege R400-S4931
Source: PC Advisor
The R400-S4931 is stylish, and its side LED and wireless-focused design may be trailblazing. But too many design inconveniences, along with difficult tablet input, make this model one of Toshiba's rare unsuccessful efforts.
Date: 04/24/2007
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 50% performance: 50% features: 70% workmanship: 90%

68%Toshiba Portege R400-S4931
Source: PC World
This stylish convertible tablet model comes with a handy SideShow LED, but input is difficult and to obtain good battery life you must use a heavy add-on slice. The R400-S4931 is stylish, and its side LED and wireless-focused design may be trailblazing. But too many design inconveniences, along with difficult tablet input, make this model one of Toshiba's rare unsuccessful efforts.
Date: 04/11/2007
Rating: Total score: 68% price: 30% performance: 72% features: 69%

Toshiba Portege R400 Tablet PC Review
Source: Notebookreview.com
The R400 is an innovative Tablet, but it comes with a hefty price tag. It has a solid design that works great in Tablet and notebook mode. There is no flimsy feeling to it and the LED backlit screen is great for watching movies or checking out your favorite photos. The screen is glossy and gives off reflections under bright light conditions, so be aware outdoor use won't work. Overall Toshiba could have gone with a more powerful processor because the system runs a little slow, especially since it has Windows Vista Ultimate. I would have liked it to have a little more performance endurance and less eye candy appeal if you could trade such things off. The R400 does sport the SideShow display, which is a unique feature for the business professional on-the-go, but at the end of the day the high price tag and lack of performance to match that price stand in the way of it being a top-competitor for your average consumer.
Date: 03/27/2007
Rating: price: 40% display: 70% emissions: 80%

Toshiba Portege R400 Hands On Review (Video)
Source: Notebookreview.com
I have to admit though, I want the R400 to succeed. It does a lot of great things, but in our view it's version 1 hardware that needs to be improved to find a viable market share. Toshiba put two years of engineering into this product and the work shows. There are a lot of impressive features, but the $2600 price tag and a few questionable design decisions make the R400 a tough purchase.
Date: 01/10/2007
Rating: price: 50%

64%Toshiba Portege R400-S4931 (Core Duo 1.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD)
Source: CNet
The good: Excellent design; secondary OLED display provides useful info when the lid is closed, easy to use EV-DO. The bad: Disappointing performance and battery life; ridiculously expensive. The bottom line: If money is no object for you, the Toshiba Portege R400 is an eye-catching, Windows Vista conversation piece, but the rest of us will want more performance from a system this expensive.
Date: 01/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 64% price: 20% performance: 40% features: 90%

Toshiba's Portégé R400 Has Exciting Features
Source: Geardigest
Toshiba's Portégé R400-S4931 Tablet PC is quite impressive in many ways. It looks great and has a range of new and special features that make it an impressive little notebook computer. Though some of its components are less than stellar performers, Vista Ultimate, unbridled by memory resident programs, runs quite fast in both standard and Tablet PC mode. I'll reserve judgment on performance until I've got some memory resident apps to test out and until Vista-ready notebook performance tests are available, but for now I'm high on Vista on notebooks like Toshiba's R400, if you plan to keep your notebook fairly vanilla.
Date: 01/08/2007
Rating: performance: 60% features: 90%

Toshiba Portege R400-S4931
Source: PC Mag
Bottom Line: The Toshiba Portégé R400-S4931 is one of the lightest, sexiest convertible tablets I've seen, showcasing many of the neat features found in Windows Vista Ultimate. Pros: Sexy design. Light and forearm-friendly. Vista Ultimate edition. Gorgeous widescreen for media mavens. SideShow LCD display. Integrated EV-DO antenna. Cons: Low-powered. Too many proprietary applications loaded.
Date: 01/08/2007
Rating: features: 80% display: 50%

70%Toshiba Portégé R400-S4931
Source: Laptop Mag
Toshiba shakes things up with a striking convertible that sports a bright LED display, fast mobile broadband, and a convenient external screen for at-a-glance alerts. We like, not love, the Toshiba Portégé R400-S4931. The design is a bit polarizing, and we think an optical drive should have been integrated. But we appreciate the system's light weight, and on-the-go users will really appreciate the external display for alerts and the fast EV-DO Rev. A connectivity.
Date: 01/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% display: 80%

Reviews in German

Test Toshiba Portégé R400 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
Date: 08/01/2007
Rating: mobility: 60% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 50%

80%Toshiba Portege R400
Source: Connect 5/07
Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 60% performance: 60% features: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo:

U2500:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

12.1":
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.