- Conclusion Get the lowdown
- Features How it compares
- Performance Real world benchmarks
- Differences Technical showdown
- Reviews Word on the street
- Competition Others to consider
- Discussion Answers and opinions
Unknown Unknown
- 2.3 GHz Dual core
- 6 GB
- 25 GB HDD
Released December, 2011
by LaptopMag (Nov, 2011)Toshiba's Portege Z835 is the lightest 13-inch notebook on the market and avoids some of its competitors' pitfalls by providing an accurate touchpad, long battery life, a backlit keyboard, and plenty of full-size ports.
Features Key features of the unknown
2.3 GHz
Rated 80% by by K.-Park (Aug, 2012)Granted, I wasn't doing anything too intense but the battery life has been pretty good so far.
screen resolution
unknown by The Verge (Nov, 2011)The panel quality and the lower resolution in comparison to the Air and the Asus UX31 are disappointing, though to be expected for a laptop with a starting price of $900.
unknown by Dan1985All was well until one day I took it out of the bag, opened it and found that the screen had a huge section of dead pixels on the right side about a 1/3 of the way down (about 1x2inches).
cpu speed
| 0 GHz | 2.3 GHz   | 4 GHz |
unknown by G.-Georgiadis (May, 2012)But I can absolutely recommend th Z836-P370, spend the $100 more for the i5 processor, its worth it.
processor
unknown by J-E-T (Feb, 2012)On top of that, the Z835 also had all of the features I wanted including the i5 quad core processor, 6 gigabytes of ram, Bluetooth and HDMI out.
unknown by Gregory-Miziumski--Gregor (Feb, 2012)One thing to keep in mind when you are reading reviews at Laptopmag, etc, is that they tested the model with an i3, not the i5 being sold here.
memory
| 0 GB | 4 GB   | 6 GB |
unknown by Techie1234 (Feb, 2012)The specs for these two machines in terms of processing power, display, webcam, ports, bluetooth, WiFi, memory are almost identical (though the HP has only 4 GB ram versus 6 on the Toshiba).
Performance Real world tests of unknown
battery life
8.25 hour
3 hour
5 hour
unknown by Murnau22 (Feb, 2013)Battery Life seems to be about 6 hours not 8.25 (about 3-4 hours with the external Blu Ray drive attached).
unknown by G.-CrenshawI've owned and lived with (for varying periods): an Acer S3 (shoddy build quality); HP Folio (great battery life, heavy, fair display); Samsung Series 9 (large, heavy, short battery life, great quality, superb non-gloss display, PROPRIETARY charger plug), Samsung Series 5 (great machine, short battery life, superb non-gloss display, normal charger plug), and this Toshiba Portege Z835-P370.
Our analysis How does it stack up against its top 10 competitors
pros
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miniSD -
8.25 hour -
572 MB/s (USB 3.0) -
Dec, 2011
cons
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you'll miss out on the convenience of DVDs for easy file-sharing -
25 GB -
high-definition movies are most easily obtained on Blu-Ray -
3 Mbit/s (Bluetooth v3.0)
Reviews Word on the street
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 | Rated by 45 users at amazon.com Rated 100% by by Bill-Macy (Nov, 2012) Rated 100% by by LT555 (Feb, 2012) Rated 100% by by Graywolf51 (Mar, 2012) |
Screen
Unknown | Rated 100% by by G.-CrenshawMy Z835, inlcuding its LED/LCD display is perfect, no issues.
Unknown | Rated 100% by by Benjamin-M.-Bethel--Owner-General-Manager---The-Clarendon-Hotel (Mar, 2012)* glossy screen... yeah, I know more brightness comes through with a glossy screen, but I live in Arizona where it's sunny 355 days a year... I want a MATTE screen... the good news is that you can buy a matte screen protector for computers on amazon.
Unknown | Rated 100% by by G.-CrenshawAll-in-all, the Toshiba Portege Z835-P370 is the best balance of any - a non-gloss screen would make it nearly perfect.
Size
Unknown | Rated 80% by by K.-Park (Aug, 2012)Considering the thinness and the weight, it feels pretty sturdy.
Unknown | Rated 100% by by Techie1234 (Feb, 2012)The truly amazing thing about this computer is the weight - at 2.47 pounds it is the lightest ultra-book out there right now.
Unknown | Rated 80% by by Robert-Stein (Jun, 2012)I wanted to replace my heavy 51/2 year old Dell clunker and decided on this one mostly because of its physical dimensions- ultralight and super thin.
Battery
Unknown | Rated 80% by by Curtis-Chan--clumpymold (Nov, 2012)The only issue I have with this (aside from what others have said about the thin/flimsy screen) is that the battery life seems to not be able to hold well.
Unknown | Rated 80% by by L.-Da-Vinci--Renaissance-Man (Jul, 2012)Is this a normal feature of this Toshiba, or is there something wrong with the battery that it does not hold its charge for too long.
Unknown | Rated 78% by by The Verge (Nov, 2011). I worried that for the $900 price Toshiba may have skimped on the battery, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Storage
Unknown | Rated 78% by by The Verge (Nov, 2011)Of course, the 128GB Toshiba SATA II SSD (the model number is THNSNB128GCJ for those wondering) does give the Z835 an added push, but the drive isn’t as fast as others in real-world testing.
Unknown | Rated 80% by by L.-Da-Vinci--Renaissance-Man (Jul, 2012)It is very fast when booting from cold (20 seconds) and the hard drive makes all the functions very fast.
Unknown | Rated 100% by by Stephen-A.-Lombardi (Apr, 2013)I don't think I can ever go back to a standard HDD.
Weight
Unknown | Rated 80% by by Thien-Tran (Feb, 2012)Toshiba's aim here was to produce the lightest ultraportable laptop while maintaining some functionality and they've done a very nice job.
Unknown | Rated 80% by by IT (Feb, 2012)+ Weighs very little and I can easily stow it in my leather padfolio case with expandable file.
Competition What else you should consider
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 | 3 | Acer Aspire S S3-951 Really fast Bluetooth Acer Aspire S S3-951 vs |
 | 4 | ASUS U36SD-DH51 Thinnest ASUS U36SD-DH51 vs |
 | 5 | Acer Aspire AS7750G-9810 Fastest processor Acer Aspire AS7750G-9810 vs |
 | 6 | ASUS U31 Series U31SD Doesn't have integrated graphics ASUS U31 Series U31SD vs |
 | 7 | Toshiba Portege R830-S8322 Longest battery life Toshiba Portege R830-S8322 vs |
 | 8 | Sony VAIO Z Series VPCZ125GX/S Sharpest screen Sony VAIO Z Series VPCZ125GX/S vs |
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