New Portege Z830

[brian5]

@makryger

Yes, I think that pretty much anyone would be happy with a good SATA II SSD in on one these Ultrabooks. It's much better than what's in the Z830 now.

That's a pretty good price too!

Here's a review of that MyDigital SSD
MyDigitalSSD Bullet Proof 128GB mSATA Review

[brian5]

Here's a new CNET review of the (Core i3) Z835 that Best Buy will have:

Toshiba Portege Z835-P330 Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

[tktk]

Those performance scores are horrible when compared to the competition.

We need:

Toshiba's wt/dimensions, ports and touchpad
Asus's screen, CPU and SSD
Lenovo's keyboard
and Acer's price

And then we will have a compelling product. But I guess there is always next year (Ivy) and maybe next time around they have worked out the kinks.

[BigNerd]

Watched the C|Net video and read their review and it does have the smaller more rectangular keys.

I think it also mentioned that this Z835 model does not have Bluetooth. I don't remember if the other ubooks had BT (and the review infers that the Z830 ones will have BT).

[hakkan]

- If you plan use this (Z830) notebook for scientific research yes, its not fast enough.
- If you are a hard-core gamer and plan to use Z830 for gaming, yes its not fast enough (SSD + graphics).

But if you are a standard home+office user then I believe this SSD and Notebook is more than enough. Yes, its SSD not fast but compare its overall performance with other notebooks (Air and UX31). You will see that its not so slow, in fact it boots faster than most other Notebooks with SSD.

I believe its the best Ultrabook for that price. (price/performance ratio)

[SoundsGood]

I'm curious to see how the i5 version does in comparison.

[makryger]

Here's a new CNET review of the (Core i3) Z835 that Best Buy will have:

Toshiba Portege Z835-P330 Review - Watch CNET's Video Review

That clarifies a lot of things. Looks like this is not a matte display, and there isn't any bluetooth. That along with the cheap SSD would make it three strikes... I agree with a previous poster that for everyday use, the SSD and i3 will still be fine, but for me the bluetooth is the real dealbreaker. I guess I'll wait to see what the other configurations from Toshiba end up being. If they end up being similar to the R835 offerings, we may get that matte screen, bluetooth, plus a 3 year warranty even.

[brian5]

@makryger

Did it actually say that there was NOT a matte display or bluetooth? I don't remember them being mentioned.

The Toshiba Z830 (what they call the Satellite model), that is on Germany's Amazon site, is listed with matte (or at least "anti-reflective") display and bluetooth!
Intel Core i5-2467M Processor (2x 1.60 GHz): 33.8 cm (13.3 ") HD display, anti-reflective, with LED backlight:: 4 GB RAM, 128 GB SSD: Intel HD graphics, HDMI, Wi-Fi , BT3.0, USB 3.0:: 1.12 kg battery life of up to 8 h, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

This review says the Z830 has matte display and bluetooth. I think that there might be different versions released (and people's questions about BestBuy selling a different version might be valid).

[Charles P. Jefferies]

My particular Z835 does not have Bluetooth. The display has a glossy surface, which is a shame. Never understood the use of glossy displays.

[brian5]

My particular Z835 does not have Bluetooth. The display has a glossy surface, which is a shame. Never understood the use of glossy displays.

Thanks. So it looks like Best Buy one is different (or it could be because it's the the Core i3 version).