The first technology review is here!


The Toshiba Portege 4005, the computer I am writing this with, is an ultralight, powerful laptop that can efficiently get things done while letting business travelers take it with them. The Portege 4005 has a powerful 750 Mhz Intel Pentium III processor. It also includes a 20 GB hard drive with an IDE interface, and 256 MB of RAM. Another feature is a DVD-ROM optical drive! A fax modem is included, and it has a 12.1 in screen that shows colors very well. All of this, and it only weighs 4.41 pounds! Also, it has a decent 2 hours 30 minutes of battery life in a Lithium-Ion battery. A nice feature is a screen closure detector. I know this is standard on many laptops, but it is enormously helpful. My only quibble is that the speakers don't sound that great. But the sound is fine when listening with headphones, especially because the sound output is from a sound card. Overall, this amazing ultralight laptop will fulfill everybody's basic computing needs!