Toshiba Portege R835-P56x 13.3-Inch LED Laptop (Magnesium Blue)

Do your best work ever, with our lightest full-performance ultraportable laptop—the Portégé R835—built on a heritage of world'sfirst innovations and premium craftsmanship for no-compromise performance and freedom. With a long battery life rating and starting weight of around three pounds, it packs a punch with a powerful Intel Core processor for go-anywhere mobility. So you can unleash your prized productivity apps or take in your favorite entertainment whenever and wherever you'd like. Thanks to an impeccably crafted magnesium alloy casing with an ultradurable honeycomb reinforcement, spill-resistant keyboard, plus an advanced AirFlow cooling system. 

Yet it measures just one inch thin. Factor in a spacious hard drive, plus built-in DVD drive, and students, executives or power users will have the ultimate ultraportable to succeed through an entire work or school day. All in all, the Portégé R835 proves that with Toshiba, 25 years of boundless laptop innovation is now well within reach. 

Feature Toshiba Portege R835-P56x 13.3-Inch LED Laptop

• Intel Core i5-2410M Processor 2.3 GHz (2.9 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology), 3MB Cache
• Configured with 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (max 8GB)
• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit with a 6 cell/48Wh Lithium Ion battery pack; Battery Life (measured by MobileMark 2007): 8 hours
• 13.3" diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT display at 1366 x 768 native resolution (HD) with 16:9 Aspect Ratio and LED Backlite
• 640GB (5400 RPM); Serial ATA hard disk drive with TOSHIBA Hard Drive Impact Sensor (3D sensor)

Pros Toshiba Portege R835-P56x :

- Lightweight
- Clean and understated design
- Sturdy: most surfaces are made of metal (only the bezel, hinges, and a few bottom panels are plastic). You can easily lift it up by the corner with one hand.
- Battery life is good (7.5+ hours with mixed usage). Also, no "battery bulge" in the back!
- Battery is removable
- Trackpad has a nicely configurable driver (Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Mouse > Device Settings > Settings...)
- Value; saves enough money for an SSD compared to a competing system like a Macbook Pro (see below)

Cons Toshiba Portege R835-P56x :

- Screen isn't great. (It isn't bad, though -- just narrow in vertical viewing angle).
- Black color means you might be tempted to clean the keyboard/trackpad a little obsessively.
- Industrial smell coming from the vent in the first few days of ownership (now gone)
- When closed, the lid depresses a little when you apply pressure to the middle. I suggest keeping the included fabric insert thing to protect the lid from keyboard scratches. (Note that keyboard scratches also occur on other notebooks, including the sturdy Apple Macbooks, so I'm not taking off any points). 

Toshiba Portege R835-P56x 13.3-Inch LED Laptop (Magnesium Blue)
Rating: 100% based on 975 ratings. 91 user reviews.