Toshiba Building World's Lightest 13-inch Laptop
Not only will this laptop be super light, but will feature a Super Charged ion Battery.
Engadget reports that Toshiba is working on the world's lightest 13-inch laptop that will supposedly be powered with a Super Charged ion Battery (SCiB). Although pricing and release dates were not provided, reports indicate that the laptop will be available in Core i3, i5, and i7-620 configurations. The device will also feature 4 GB of memory, a 500 GB HDD or an optional (and pricier) 512 GB SSD.
"After talking to vozExpress, we have every reason to believe that Toshiba will be making this official in short order," Engadget said. The report also lists an LCD display with a 16:9 aspect ratio, a USB 3.0 dock, and Blaze Mountain cooling, all of which will somehow be crammed into a thin, light chassis weighing just over 2 pounds.
The SCiB should make things interesting for the laptop, especially if it doesn't come with other unique features that will make it stand out on the market. The SCiB was first introduced back in 2008, and at the time if could charge up to 90-percent in just ten minutes. For consumers who are constantly on the go with their data, documents, and multimedia, the short recharge span is definitely a good thing.
As Engadget points out, stay tuned for something more official to come across the line soon.
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I heard that SCiB battery has only 1/3 of the power density of regular lithium battery. Toshiba had made some magic?
i3 and up, 2 pounds, and new battery technology all sound very exciting.
I have a fairly new Toshiba T135 that is closer to 3 pounds, less processor power, but it is a great laptop for travel because it is relatively small and feels real light. I think lots of people that look at netbooks should buy one of these instead. (Toshiba, Lenovo and HP all make similar models.)
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I heard that SCiB battery has only 1/3 of the power density of regular lithium battery. Toshiba had made some magic?
They aren't doing away with Lithium altogether, they are using a hybrid of both. One for quick charging, one for long life.
That's pretty cool. Weight of a netbook, but some real power in it.
I'm hoping it means a ultra lite OLED screen.
I could wish...
i3 and up, 2 pounds, and new battery technology all sound very exciting.I have a fairly new Toshiba T135 that is closer to 3 pounds, less processor power, but it is a great laptop for travel because it is relatively small and feels real light. I think lots of people that look at netbooks should buy one of these instead. (Toshiba, Lenovo and HP all make similar models.)
People buy netbooks because they are cheap, not because they are small. This won't won't be anywhere near the "netbook" market and won't appeal to the same crowd.
Yes I realize that some of the appeal to a netbook is its low price, and some people may actually like the tiny size. The T135 that I mentioned is not that much more money than a good netbook. This new Toshiba, with its better technology, will likely be pretty expensive.
There are a good number of 12" and 13" machines around that are very light and have good power. They are made for business travelers and are relatively expensive. This sounds like the market the new Toshiba is aiming at.
People buy netbooks because they are cheap, not because they are small. This won't won't be anywhere near the "netbook" market and won't appeal to the same crowd.
I beg to differ. I bought my 8.9" precisely because it's small, and I shudder at going back to full size such as 14" or 15". While sacrificing a load of performance, for me, the sheer portability makes it completely worth it.
An idea: Make a dense SCiB for cars and make 10 minutes of filling petroleum with 10 minutes of charging a battery!
I agree cakecake, I bought mine for pure portability. Price was a clincher.
Interesting article, especially the part about the battery.
Finally, a replacement for my Vaio Z. It looks good.
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lol, sounds like a Perry Bible strip.
People buy netbooks, because, they are netbooks. The requirement of netbook owners is not something that runs into too much money. That's why company's thought of a netbook....... something that comes between an eBook and a Laptop.
Shit is also cheap.... that don't mean people buy it.......
By the way... the Toshiba does sound cool, will wait till it gets out though.....
An idea: Make a dense SCiB for cars and make 10 minutes of filling petroleum with 10 minutes of charging a battery!
And when there's x times the capacity, it will take x times as long to charge!
And when there's x times the capacity, it will take x times as long to charge!
If we're talking about capacity increased through energy density...
Hmm, buy a new $20,000 car or this new Toshiba laptop? Either way you're going to need a loan to pay for it.
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Toshiba still has a ways to go. For viewers of Caprica, paper computers are used. Touch a section of the paper and text glows. The star of the show used a paper computer to send an e-mail to mother, folder the paper and threw it in a trash can.
Now that is lightweight.
And when there's x times the capacity, it will take x times as long to charge!
Unless there are several batteries which can switch between serial and parallel connected so they can give lots of output over a single high powered connection, but when charging they individually recieve input to get the charge in separately and therefore quicker. The charging adapter could have multiple connectors to assign to each battery.
Not a difficult engineering principle, just complicated to get everyone using the same standard.
"People buy netbooks because they are cheap, not because they are small. This won't won't be anywhere near the "netbook" market and won't appeal to the same crowd."
Probably you should qualify your statement to: Smart people buy......
Forget not the Apple fanboys.
CakeCake... do you have any idea how expensive that will be? Letalone that you will have a trunk full of battery, yet only be able to drive 5 miles before your out of charge of you run solely on them? If your going to do that just run capacitors... and fins out some way to dissipate all the wasted heat it causes. A slow charge on a battery that stays cool is the best option for people wanting "green" gadget cars. For the rest of us that want to go farther than t end of the block, we'll just grab something along the lines of a TDI, enjoy hybrid like city numbers, and 70MPG on the interstate loping along at 80MPH. Or drive a Corvette, they still do better than a Prius when you get going above 45mph. (gearing, torque > COD)
If the price on this thing is reasonable, and has a decent total battery life, I'd gladly trade in my netbook in on it. Just make the i3 keep a low clock rate somehow... Here's hoping it could be tweaked so you can run it with the fan off 90% of the time, it'd be perfect.
Also needs a cheaper SSD.