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Highlighted by Two World's First Technologies, the Portege R400 is the result of a successful ollaboration between industry giants Toshiba and Microsoft.

Toshiba's Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., today announced the Portege R400 notebook computer. As a convertible notebook computer, the Portege R400 combines a patent pending elevated rotational hinge and a 12.1-inch diagonal widescreen LED backlit high-brightness display with wide viewing angle.A bold design statement, Toshiba employed a dramatic white and black color scheme to the Portege R400. This distinctive approach delivers a level of elegance and sophistication to satisfy the needs of successful mobile professionals, discriminating technology enthusiasts.The high-gloss finish of the Portege R400 features an ultraviolet, clear coat for greater scratch-resistant than standard paint.The product is bound to come at the end of January at a starting price of 2599$ having included a genuine Windows Vista Business.

MAIN FEATURES:

Processor:       Intel(R) Core(TM) Duo Processor U2500 (1.20GHz, 2MB

                  L2 Cache, 533MHz FSB)

Display:         12.1-inch diagonal widescreen LED backlit high-

                  brightness display with wide viewing angle {Active

                  matrix LCD WXGA (1280 x 800 native resolution)
Chipset:  Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset

Graphics         Intel(R) Graphics Accelerator 950 with 8MB-256MB

Controller:      dynamically allocated shared graphics memory

Memory:          2048MB PC4200 DDR2 SDRAM (max 4GB)

Hard Drive:      80GB (4200RPM) Enhanced IDE (ATA-6)

Optical Drive:   External USB DVD SuperMulti drive (+R double layer)

Communications:  Integrated EV-DO modem

                 Intel(R) PRO/Wireless Network Connection 3945ABG

                  (802.11a/b/g)(11)

                 Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection (10/100/1000

                  Base-TX Ethernet)

                 Bluetooth(R) 2.0 + EDR

Ports:           Video: RGB monitor port

                 Audio: microphone jack, headphone jack

                 Data: 2-USB (v.2.0), RJ-45 LAN,

Dimensions:      12.0-inches x 9.43-inches x 1.18/1.26-inches