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The original Core i3 Toshiba Portege Z835 ran for 5 hours and 16 minutes in our video playback battery drain test. That was better than some of the more expensive competition, and this Core i5 version does nearly as well, running for 5 hours and 6 minutes. That's a very reasonable trade-off for such a big boost to performance. HP's $899 Folio 13, however, runs nearly an hour longer, and the 13-inch MacBook Air does even better still.
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Toshiba includes an industry-standard one-year parts-and-labor warranty with the system. Support is accessible through a 24-7 toll-free phone line, and a customized support search page can direct you to online documents and driver downloads for this specific model.
The Portege Z835 was easily the best deal going for the first generation of ultrabooks, and a great way to get a slim SSD laptop at a very reasonable price. But its physical flaws are a lot harder to overlook at $1,000, especially when Dell and HP make such great alternatives for the same price or less. If you're interested in a Z835, check out Toshiba's site, which has a lot of preconfigured variants, as well as customization options, and find a version that gives you more for your money.
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System configurations:
Toshiba Portege Z835-P370
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Shared) Intel HD 3000; 128GB Toshiba Solid State Drive
HP Folio 13
Windows 7 Professional (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-2467M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 3000; 128GB Samsung Solid State Drive
Dell XPS 14z
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-2640M; 8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT 520M / 1GB(Dedicated) Intel GMA HD; 750GB Western Digital 7,200rpm
Toshiba Portege Z835-P330
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit); 1.4GHz Intel Core i3-2367M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Dedicated)/1,696MB (Total) Intel GMA HD; 640GB Hitachi 5,400rpm
Asus Zenbook
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.7GHz Intel Core i5-2557M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB(Dedicated) Intel GMA HD; 128GB Solid State Drive
Lenovo IdeaPad U300s
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) w/ SP1; 1.8GHz Intel Core i7-2677M; 4GB DDR3 SDRAM 1,333MHz; 64MB (Dedicated) Intel HD 3000; 256GB JMicron 616 Solid State Drive
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