It’s the Toshiba Portege R500-S5006X and it’s light. The $2,100 computer is the world’s lightest
widescreen 12-inch computer. It was meant to slip into a briefcase or purse, a
kind of go-anywhere, do-anything laptop. The laptop weighs only
1.7-pounds.
As far as doing anything, the computer can play your favorite movies as it’s also the first notebook with a 7mm integrated DVD SuperMulti drive. It also has a biometric fingerprint reader. You don’t have to remember passwords. All you have to do to log-on to the system is swipe your finger.
Last is the machine’s incredible battery. According to Toshiba, the battery lasts a full work day.
Here are some specs for the notebook (for R500-S5006X model):
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor U7700
2GB RAM
160GB hard drive
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Card