Toshiba building world's lightest 13-inch laptop with fast charging SCiB battery?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted May 7th 2010 6:25AM
posted May 7th 2010 6:25AM
Update: New details just came in: available in Core i3, i5, or i7-620 configurations with 4GB of memory, 500GB hard disk or optional 512GB SSD. And after talking to vozExpress, we have every reason to believe that Toshiba will be making this official in short order. New pic with Toshiba branding added after the break.
I want it....now.
@moodmuzik
wonder whether this could beat the VAIO Z
@nicholasphan
Oh man!!! I just spent $2700 on the new Vaio Z. I no longer have a job (pursuing MBA). Toshiba, you SOB, why are you doing this to me man!!! I am a poor guy from poor India :((
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@nicholasphan
no way they will never be able to put a blueray , Nvidia , fingerprint , gps and all the other features in this tiny thing. I think it will compete with the mac air
@moodmuzik give it a touchscreen and i'm sold !!!!
Sounds slick...but that chrome looks cheap. Don't it?
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@sajd4000 lol, not if they really shove an i7 in it :) I'm hopeful. For a person who lives in a vehicle, the ability to run into a restaurant and charge my lappie in 10 minutes andrun it all day is a dream :) wish my pre would do that!
@krishansy
If you're so poor, then how could you afford a $2700 a Vaio Z?
@nicholasphan with the weight of
@moodmuzik
Is that an optical drive of yours or you are just happy to see me?
@Professor Hubert J Farnsworth
I didn't say I WAS poor. I AM poor, as in I don't have a job now! Does it make sense to you now? I was anyway playfully exaggerating.
@dzhiurgis
I dont think thats an optical drive on the side, but maybe just the indentation of where the keyboard will be going across the whole laptop.
That being said, Toshiba, prove me wrong!
@moodmuzik
So does this thing actually have USB 3.0? Or is it just for the docking solution?
I don't think I'll settle for Intel graphics though so I'll have to wait and see. I'm really interested in this and other laptops coming out this June/July. What more could you ask for besides a proper graphics solution? A Pixel Qi screen and maybe 128gb of ultrafast NAND soldered right onto the motherboard as standard?
@Bakerdk I agree... that's just gaudy. Probably will get chipped and scratched easily too.
@krishansy
At least support would be great for you because you can actually understand what they're saying. I have a pretty deep voice and they still managed to call me maam.
@moodmuzik Yep hopefully this one won't stay in paper only. Opinions. http://j.mp/lightest-13-inch-laptop
Now that's blasphemy!
@Eli Haj LOL
@Eli Haj
There's no way it'll be the lightest. Scib's have energy densities of 48 wh/kg versus conventional lithium ion which are 150-180 wh/kg. It'll either have a 1 hour battery life or weigh a ton.
@rhimbu
It's a hybrid system, not solely SCiB
toshiba ultraportables can get pricey as hell.
@Chuuchdizzle
yeah sure, quality build does that. Toshiba have been making solid laptops since the start.
I don't know if toshiba is up to the task of building a good looking laptop
@JeremyBenthem
I can't care less about good looking laptops.... The one in pic is good enough for me. Imagine me walking towards my class carrying less than 1Kg of laptop while my classmates snailing with their 2-3Kg ones.... Yeah, if you are an Apple guy it is a different story. Features don't matter to you much. The look of the laptop definitely does.
@krishansy
Im seriously satisfied with the looks, Though I wonder if a skinit layer would hold onto the surface ... so slim yet with my fav picture ~
@krishansy
no reason a laptop can't have both, but Toshiba is usually pretty weak on both ends
@JeremyBenthem
I've got to say that Toshiba usually has some of the most hideous looking laptops out there, but this thing actually looks pretty good.
dat battery. i want it.
90% of what?
@palindrome
90% of 100% obviously...
Great. Another toy to my collection!
Someone else in the previous article about this battery pointed out that it has only half the capacity of normal laptop batteries. That's a rather difficult trade-off to swallow. I wonder if they've improved on their design in the last year and a half to increase its energy density.
@sonicmerlin True. But if you can just whip out a charger for 10 minutes and be back at full charge, that's a fair trade off if you ask me! :)
@sonicmerlin Thats why its designated as secondary battery. so heavier Li-ion will be halved in capacity to accomodate for Scib. It would be perfectly fine if this one is detachable. That way, i can carry 4 SciB batteries in spare and never have to shutdown to change.
@sonicmerlin
Hmm, the hybrid system is very compelling. I assume the SCiB battery will charge first when connected to a power source? In that case if you have more time the normal (l-ion?) can charge as well, I guess. Make this official TOSH!
Gollum: I wants it for meeeeee!!
Yes, it's the worlds fastest charging, but also because it's the worlds fastest depleting.
Any information about graphic?
@Jiun that's something I'd like to know, too. Give Optimums and I'm sold!
Also, please add backlit chiclet keyboard. Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!
My experience with a Toshiba Portege R500 ultraportable has taught me to avoid buying Toshiba products. Their "notebook depot" repair service has had it (in Kentucky) more months than I have (in CA) out of the last year.
Four trips in by UPS with the same behavior, same blinking light. They keep it an average one or two months every time I ship it. And so far, every time I ship it I get it back unrepaired.
I think i was using one of these in one of my dreams... it's only missing that oled screen.
@DeanSp
You mean OLET...the new hotmess!!
Dat's some sexy shiz-nit. Core i5? Me wants!!!
Isn't Blaze to the south of Brokeback?
Could replace my Vaio TZ
What do they mean by USB 3.0 docking? A docking station which will be an accessory or what?
Definitely want.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it Macbook.
@Slygathor This is news to me.
Since when are we comparing a much, much cheaper MacBook to a more expensive other brand notebook?
Shouldn't it be the other way around. Comparing the "expensive" $999 MacBook with a $299 crappy notebook?
@Andr Why not? Apple prides themselves on making small notebooks (width wise) with long battery life. Now Lenovo has one. Granted they're different OS's, but still.
wow..impressive. the only definite downside would be the price.