Toshiba Portege M930 prototype hands-on (video)

And also the hybrid products continue coming. Sitting at the top of shelves in Microsoft's booth, hidden one of the earthly clamshell laptops, may be the Toshiba Portege M930, a prototype whose 13-inch screen 35mm slides lower to totally cover the laptop keyboard. All in all, it's awfully similar to the ASUS Eee Pad Slider -- including a propped-up display and squat keyboard. The laptop keyboard is really narrow, actually, that Toshiba needed to forgo a conventional track pad and rather put a little sensor and buttons over around the right edge. Climax a little heavy to have an Ultrabook, at 4.2 pounds, it's some Ultrabook-grade innards, together with a Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, Apple HD 3000 graphics along with a 256GB solid-condition drive. Have a tour round the tool and you may have the typical variety of ports: dual USB 2. electrical sockets, High-definition multimedia interface, an Ethernet jack, an SD readers and separate earphone and mic ports.

Even if we previewed the Slider we were not interested in compromising much deck space within the title of bold industrial design and here, too, the secrets feel unnecessarily crowded. The good thing is the hinge mechanism feels smooth and controlled -- much less tight, but rigid enough to inspire confidence in the quality. That 13.3-inch screen also looks vibrant enough, though we suppose 1280 x 800 resolution is a turn-off for over a couple of individuals. Regrettably, the M930 is really early its development the touch screen wasn't even working, although it responds all right towards the pen, which stores at the back of laptops. Not sure on prices or availability (Toshiba is not even showing it at its booth), but even when this factor never materializes we have got a bit of hands-on photos and video below.

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