Toshiba Ultrabooks Coming Next Week

V3’s Daniel Robinson reports that Toshiba is preparing to ship its first ultrabook models – the Satellite Z830 for consumers and the Portg Z830 for business users – both featuring claimed full-day battery life despite the slimline silhouette of their magnesium alloy cases, and are powered by Intel’s newest Core i3 and Core i5 processors SSD in lieu of a hard disk drive, and have 13.3in 1,366 x 768 displays

Robinson cites Toshiba senior product manager Tony Alderson claiming that Toshiba’s past experience of building thin and light laptops means it can deliver a better experience than its Ultrabook rivals, with the two new models featuring better connectivity and a better battery life than any model of the same thickness. The report notes that both the Satellite Z830 and Portg Z830 weigh less than 1.2kg and are just 8.3mm thick at the front of the system, broadening to 15.9mm at the rear, but Toshiba’s engineers have managed to pack in a full-size Ethernet port, a USB 3.0 port, two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI and VGA outputs, an SD Card reader slot and audio jacks.