Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Computing
  3. News

First impressions of Toshiba’s new 14-inch Ultrabook prototype

By

Having arrived early to the Ultrabook party with the Z830 series this fall, Toshiba moved on to bigger notebooks at CES 2012 with a new 14-inch model, which debuted Monday.

Unlike Toshiba’s 13-incher, which wore a Portege badge, the 14-inch will actually come branded as a Satellite – the company’s banner for less portable, more full-featured notebooks. Designers also gave it a smoother, less angular design, and swapped magnesium alloy for aluminum, which is slightly heavier but had a nice durable feel and surprisingly effective anti-smudge coating. At 0.78 inches deep, it’s also a bit thicker than the Portege Z830, which measures in at 0.63 inches.

Following in the steps of many Ultrabook competitors – and MacBook Air imitators – Toshiba also expanded the touchpad and switched to a buttonless design, which felt spacious but might need a bit more tweaking before it works as seamlessly as others we’ve tried.

The 14-inch Ultrabook will debut in May or June, but Toshiba hasn’t yet announced pricing information.

Editors' Recommendations

Topics
Nick Mokey
Nick Mokey
Managing Editor
As Digital Trends’ Managing Editor, Nick Mokey oversees an editorial team delivering definitive reviews, enlightening…
Get this HP 17-inch laptop for $300 instead of the usual $660
The HP 17-inch laptop against a white background.

Seventeen-inch laptops toe the line between portability and size, making them more expensive than your average laptop. Some of the best 17-inch laptops can easily cost you thousands of dollars. Luckily, there HP has come up with a very budget-friendly solution in the form of the HP laptop 17z, and while it's not one of the best laptops on the market, it is an excellent budget-oriented choice for a 17-inch laptop. Even better, HP currently discounts it down to $300 from the usual $560 price tag, which is a significant $260 off.

Why you should buy the HP Laptop 17z
As the name implies, the HP Laptop 17z has a large 17.3-inch screen running a 1920 x 1080 resolution and can hit a peak brightness of 250nits, which isn't a lot, but it's good enough for a well-lit room, especially with its anti-glare coating. You could potentially upgrade to a touch version of the screen for $30, but since it would knock the resolution down to 1600 x 900, it's not worth it, especially with a larger 17.3-inch screen. What will be worth the upgrade is taking the networking option from the Wi-Fi5 and Bluetooth 4.2 standard up to the Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5 standard for an extra $20, which will make sure your laptop has a strong connection for streaming or doing online meetings and will be future-proof for at least the next 5-6 years.

Read more
Get a lifetime of 1TB cloud storage for $160
Using Koofr cloud storage on a phone.

One thing about most of the best cloud storage services that you're sure not to like is having to pay for them. Again and again, month after month, they ask for money to continue holding your files. It makes sense, in a way, as their servers take constant real estate and electricity to maintain. Now, though, you can get a lifetime of terabyte cloud storage on Koofr for just $160. The usual price would be $810, so this saves you $650 in total. And, naturally, Koofr's cloud storage has special features that you'll want to know about, too. So, go ahead and tap the button below to find the deal — it'll only be going on for a limited amount of time — and continue reading to see why we like this deal and what makes Koofr special.

Why you should buy cloud storage on Koofr
While Koofr is an advanced cloud storage system, with advanced file management and accessibility from nearly all of your devices, there are two primary reasons to purchase this deal: Security and value.

Read more
The 5 best things you can do with Copilot Pro right now
Microsoft Copilot Pro.

Copilot Pro is Microsoft’s AI subscription service that costs $20 per month for individuals and is integrated into the brand’s Microsoft 365 suite. The paid service offers unique features to Microsoft users, provides faster and more consistent AI performance with priority access to the GPT-4 and GPT-4 Turbo large language models (LLM) during peak times, and also brings the AI technology to the brand’s most popular PC applications -- and that's where things get really interesting.

Here are some of the best features on Copilot Pro and how they work.
Create custom GPTs

Read more