Toshiba Portege M750 reminds us of a tablet we used to see now and then

Of all the Toshiba laptops we've seen today, this is certainly one of them. The M750 updates the M700 by changing up the processor (your choice of a 2.6GHz P8400 or 2.4GHz P8600 Intel Core 2 Duo), but besides that we have pretty much the same LED-backlit, touchscreen tablet: 160GB storage, 2GB memory, Intel 4500MHD graphics, Bluetooth and WiFi. For more info on this 12.1-inch, 4.6-pound beauty, hit the read link.

[Testies, Testies, 1, 2... 3? @ Oct 14th 2008 3:23PM]

Strange Post... This doesn't look like a Macbook, What's with Engadget today?

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 14th 2008 4:22PM]

You Apple fanboys are retard! it look like that cause its a tablet, not a laptop. You guys should care more about usability than look.

[Daviesifier @ Oct 14th 2008 3:28PM]

When you look at something as sinfully ugly as that is, you begin to realize just how much of a good job Apple do! Seriously, who designed that?!

[refriedbeans19 @ Oct 14th 2008 3:35PM]

thats why i stopped buying anything that isn't a mac. i feel like just about every manufacturer makes the fugliest computer ever!

[Fusion Fuzo @ Oct 14th 2008 3:44PM]

agreed, this sure is FUGLY

[StalematE @ Oct 14th 2008 3:46PM]

i third its fugliness

[muddyh2o @ Oct 14th 2008 3:30PM]

i don't understand. that's not an all aluminum block body...

[refriedbeans19 @ Oct 14th 2008 3:33PM]

Wow! Something that doesn't have anything to do with Apple!

[Muhammed @ Oct 14th 2008 3:34PM]

Will it run Crysis?
Crysis
Crysis

that's the message we deliver to little kids, and expect them not to know what womans clitoris is, of course they're gonna know what intercourse is by the time they get 4th grade, they've got the discovery channel don't they ???

[Phoenix @ Oct 14th 2008 3:36PM]

Erm... WTF?

[Testies, Testies, 1, 2... 3? @ Oct 14th 2008 3:45PM]

What... The.... Hell... are you talking about.

The only pussy you've apparently ever seen is that cat next to your name

[Muhammed @ Oct 14th 2008 3:45PM]

Sorry I'm just high right now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg I'm listening to rap music !!! and "all that remains" in the same time !!!!!!!!!

[edward @ Oct 14th 2008 4:02PM]

I think we can all agree this is the first time that anyone called muhammed has ever caused quite such a commotion.

...

oh wait.

[Muhammed @ Oct 14th 2008 4:13PM]

I'm sure lots of people named Muhammed caused a commotion, because it's the most popular name on the planet.
I see where you are going here edward, I just dont wanna go there.

[Phoenix @ Oct 14th 2008 3:37PM]

Can it run the Economy Crisis?

[refriedbeans19 @ Oct 14th 2008 11:26PM]

bush sure as hell can't

[Muhammed @ Oct 14th 2008 3:43PM]

I High ranked u !! I'm ROFL !!

[Muhammed @ Oct 17th 2008 10:11AM]

ROFLLLLLLLLL !!!!!!

[go seki @ Oct 14th 2008 3:39PM]

So when is a major manufacturer going to equip a laptop with OLED .. not looking at anyone in particular Apple.
Sorry yeah @Daviesifier it IS sinfully ugly .. but Apple's design while good isn't anything stunning .. the Air looks nice but is badly engineered .. the new Macbooks are better engineered but aren't that attractive .. one day they'll get it right. one day ..

[Daviesifier @ Oct 14th 2008 3:43PM]

Yeah, I must agree, I have the last-gen Macbook, and I was fully prepared to buy the new Macbook, but when it was revealed it just did not have that 'wow' factor that i normally associate with Apple. I'm not a big gamer, so the GPU doesn't really do anything for me. I guess I'll just have to wait untill the next bunch of Macs are released I suppose.

[Jubei @ Oct 14th 2008 3:53PM]

After viewing the video and images of the new MacBooks from Apple, this Toshiba looks like its about 50 years behind in industrial design.

The Toshiba does match up well with any of the Zune models side by side. Perhaps more Zunes will sell if its bundled with this archaic looking product. Call it a 1950's cold war retro look bundle.

[Zeus.:God @ Oct 14th 2008 4:21PM]

Yet another useless post from the always ignorant Jubei.

[Boards of Canada @ Oct 14th 2008 4:25PM]

haaaa ignorant Jubei... anyway, clever mac users are rare recently.

[Bao @ Oct 14th 2008 4:44PM]

Almost had me there Joseph, I was bit confused on why the higher processor number has the lower speed.

P8400 --> 2.26GHz
P8600 --> 2.40GHz

[Dylan @ Oct 14th 2008 5:33PM]

These are terrible machines, I would never recommend a toshiba product to anyone.

I've along with about 200 other people in my program were made to buy laptops through our university, the Toshiba M7 (not 700) was one of the choices, chosen by around 30 of us. In the last 2 years I've had to have the screen replaced, the keyboard replaced, the DVD Drive replaced and the screen lifted twice to clean the dust out from under the cover which gets in through the part lines. My hinge has now become so loose, theres about 2" of play in it and the bezel around the screen is cracking in two places where it interacts with the cradles in the bottom.

I'm not the only one either, the school tech people say they've never seen more issues with laptops than with a the toshibas which led to our university terminating their contract with toshiba.

Never again.

[Shelbz @ Oct 14th 2008 5:42PM]

oh my god will the douche bags/fanboys please shut the fuck up?

Apple made the home pc plausible
Microsoft made it mainstream
Linux makes if affordable

The Microsoft tax is nothing compared to Apple saying "squeal like a pig" everytime a new device is announced.

Flame me I don't give a fuck this is bullshit and I'm tired of the whining.

The new MBP is ugly as shit and I'm glad I got mine when I did.

This tablet looks like most every tablet I've seen but hey at least it's a new form factor a company is willing to adopt rather than fuglify their existing line.

[Ohjeez99 @ Oct 14th 2008 7:44PM]

thank you!

[james @ Oct 14th 2008 9:22PM]

Toshiba has the worst customer service EVER!!! Take a look at the ordeal I had to go through just to get a working laptop from them.

http://forum.tabletpcreview.com/showthread.php?t=14273&highlight=nubz69

I will never ever buy a Toshiba product again and have no qualms about telling the world.

[Tom N. @ Oct 14th 2008 10:51PM]

This is so strange, it has a tablet swing in the middle but it also connects on the side? Why are there no pictures of it mid transition to tablet mode?

[BradVT @ Oct 15th 2008 12:13AM]

The tabs on either side have a spring loaded ball that provides tension when the screen is parallel to provide extra support, while still allowing the screen to rotate. I have a fujitsu t4220 tablet with a 4:3 aspect ratio screen, so when I first saw this I was glad to see that it was wide screen, but then I realized thats all they really changed besides internals. I would have liked to see a new external design along with the new innards.

[Ameel @ Oct 15th 2008 11:33AM]

Actually, the M750 does have a few important improvements. For the same price as a standard M700, here what the M750 gives you: (1) You can use Windows Vista 64-bit and, if you install that much, you get access all 4GB of RAM. (2) You also get faster RAM (800MHz instead of 667MHz). (3) Your graphics engine gets an upgrade from the Intel GMA X3100 to the 4500MHD (which is twice as fast and also supports full HD (1080p) video natively). (4) You get a gigabit LAN connection, a USB/eSATA combination sleep-and-charge port, and faster Bluetooth. The changes are small, yes, but the performance gain is impressive and it doesn't cost you anything extra :)