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Toshiba Dynabook SS RX1 Laptop First to Have 128GB SSD, Apparently

Toshiba's Dynabook SS RX1 now has an optional 128GB solid state drive built in, which Toshiba is claiming as a world first. It certainly beats the MacBook Air's SSD option, and is similarly slender, plus it squeezes in an optical drive. It has a 1.2 GHz Core 2 Duo, Intel graphics and a 12.1-inch 1280 x 800 pixel screen, and a claimed battery life of 12.5 hours, which seems huge. It's also configurable without the SSD but with an 80GB hard drive and a CDMA card for mobile internet goodness. Available from April in Japan at first, for around $4,000. [Ascii]

6:04 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Kit Eaton
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Zaxxon Q Blaque at 06:22 AM on 03/17/08
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Sexy! ^_^
Slappy McSlapp at 06:42 AM on 03/17/08
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Wow, why not carry with it a 4 million killowatt capacitor, too. That would also be a first and likely even more expensive!
oyumurtaci at 07:01 AM on 03/17/08
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Nothing else stands out? Not even the fact that it's the Asian version of the Toshiba R500 which has a transflective screen and is the thinnest 'full featured' notebook with an integrated optical drive?
akmarksman at 09:47 AM on 03/17/08
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optical drive..

FUCK YAH!!!!!!!!!!

take that jobso..
akmarksman at 09:48 AM on 03/17/08
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aaaaaaawwwwwwwwweeeeeeeesssssssssoooooommmme!

FCUK yah!
stryder100 at 10:23 AM on 03/17/08
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A step in the right direction. That's too much money for me though. Maybe by this Xmas it'll come down enough.
Kaiser-Machead at 10:40 AM on 03/17/08
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12 hours? That's with the extra external battery, yes?

$4,000? Pass.
SneakerFiend at 11:36 AM on 03/17/08
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@Kaiser-Machead: besides your name pointing out you're a mac fanboy even if you werent i'd agree with you.
$4000 thats a MacBook Pro with the faster prossor, high res screen, 300gb hdd, and way more.
I'd hold off and get a macbook pro.
You'd be missing out on the 12 hours though but 4 and a half hours of wireless goodness is better in my book.
Xenocide at 11:45 AM on 03/17/08
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Wow thats an expensive but cool laptop! Why even compare it to the Air? Doesn't every laptop beat the Air in some way or another?
Zlevee at 11:56 AM on 03/17/08
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@Slappy McSlapp:
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@Kaiser-Machead:
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@SneakerFiend:

You all could do what I've been saying since the Macbook Air came out and get essentially this same computer in the Toshiba Portege R500-S5003, which has a 64GB SSD, an optical drive, and is lighter than the Macbook Air -- for $500 less than the Macbook Air. Or get the Hard Drive version for even less.
SomeoneUKno at 06:20 PM on 03/17/08
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@Zlevee: Hey, dont be talking about PC's too much around here. They ban you if you're not promoting Mac.

AHHHH SHIT! THEYRE COMING FOR ME!!! /runs
johnniewalker at 01:16 AM on 03/18/08
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Quick, SomeoneUKno went that way! ----->
Get him boys!