New Portege Z830

[Purba]

Its a bit odd....

They would place the MacAir first and then place the top performing Mac Air against the least performing Z. They then overlook weight, thickness, number of available ports and YES, Toshiba did state that the flexibility of the monitor was intentional. It is not by any means flimsy.

They skip over the price comparison (Mac is TWICE as much) and then base their findings on the stickers found on the palm rest of the system. Hmm, I peeled mine off without difficulty right off which means that Toshiba believes that some people might actually want those stickers on the Ultra.

Yesterday, my office friend feel sorry to bought MBA 11" (already use for 2 months) after she look and try my z830.
She compare the weight, price and and no headache for microsoft office (she have problem with MS Office for mac).
When I ask her why you buy MBA but you have no experienced with mac OS, she answer me that she buy MBA because she love MBA design

[BigNerd]

Depending on what shakes out at CES... I might return my z835.

I like everything about it (and don't mind the fan) but the 1388x768 is killing me... esp when my MBA has 14400x900. If someone puts out an ultrabook running Full HD soon, that will be the kicker.

[makryger]

Depending on what shakes out at CES... I might return my z835.

I like everything about it (and don't mind the fan) but the 1388x768 is killing me... esp when my MBA has 14400x900. If someone puts out an ultrabook running Full HD soon, that will be the kicker.

I suppose everyone has their preferences... I personally think this resolution is perfect for this size screen- if the resolution gets any higher, then that just means all the text and icons get smaller, and it gets to be a bit too small for me. It also makes it easier to overshoot something using a mouse or trackpad. This laptop is perfect for me now, although it's impossible to keep up with the technology, and who knows what the landscape will look like come 2013. (assuming the Mayans were incorrect). So, at the price we paid, I won't feel quite as bad about buying a new laptop a little bit sooner in the next couple years...

[SoundsGood]

...the 1388x768 is killing me...

I've wondered about this. I've never used it myself, but since I'm used to 1600x900 (laptop) and 1920x1200 (monitor) I'm guessing I might not love 1388x768 -- I'm just not sure if I'd be able to handle 1600x900 on a 13" machine (I really don't think so).

This is why I was happy to see that Samsung is coming out with a 15" Series 9 laptop. Smaller than other 15"ers and only 3.5 lbs with 1600x900 resolution. Sounds good to me!

[Apparition]

Got a look at the new Series 9 last night....hands on as well.... AMAZING!!!!! It stands 1/2" complete unlike the Z830 which is 1/2" before the rubber feet. It also got rid of the fingerprint prob and res is higher...

[BigNerd]

It's not so much the 1366 (which is very close to 1440), it's the 768 vertical. Most websites are scaled for 1280 width or less so that's fine but when you can see only 1 or 2 items on the screen (or even less than 1) and have to scroll more... it gets a bit irritating.

[Denismgppu]

Hi, all
Did somebody try to insert 8gb ram in a single slot? Did it work for z830?

[SoundsGood]

It's not so much the 1366 (which is very close to 1440), it's the 768 vertical. ...when you can see only 1 or 2 items on the screen (or even less than 1) and have to scroll more... it gets a bit irritating.

I understand. In fact, the last week or so I've actually been purposely making my browser smaller (shorter) to get a feel for 768... and I don't love it.

Got a look at the new Series 9 last night....hands on as well.... AMAZING!!!!! It stands 1/2" complete unlike the Z830 which is 1/2" before the rubber feet. It also got rid of the fingerprint prob and res is higher...

Time to change your name back, perhaps? Two questions for ya about the Series 9:

1. I hate the fingerprint problem that I've seen on the current 9. How much better is the new one?

2. Did you happen to see the 15" Series 9? Thing is, 1600x900 on 13" scares the cr@p outta me -- and 768 is too short (see above) -- so I'm thinking that I might be better off with something like the 15" Series 9. Please let me know your thoughts if you had a chance to play with it.

Thanks!

[1994F7PT]

i'd hate to have a higher res overall on a 13", as everyone else mentioned, it's be too much, however a few more vertical pixels wouldn't go amiss for a different aspect ratio, that'd be nice :-)

apart from that and the fan theres nothing i dont like about my tosh :-)

[SoundsGood]

i'd hate to have a higher res overall on a 13", as everyone else mentioned, it's be too much, however a few more vertical pixels wouldn't go amiss for a different aspect ratio, that'd be nice :-)

I always thought 1280x800 was just fine (thank you) on a 12 or 13" screen.