Do any of these have USB-C ports? If so, can any of them be charged by that port? If not, are there any laptops available now or coming out this year that have USB-C for charging as well at least one additional USB-A port, that isn't from Google or Apple?
Look nice. Whenever possible please hound manufacturers to specify display type (IPS, TN, etc...) and whether it is glossy or matte. For many of us they are the most important specs. And many manufacturers seem to sometimes be a little nebulous about them.
That's depends on which PoV you're seeing. For producer, smaller screens are easier to make and cheaper. Thus higher margin. But I agree with you, this kinda of madness should stop. 11" standard is still 768p but 5"++ is mostly 1080p because logic.
much higher yields on small High res displays.. easier to backlight smaller displays when all are edge-lit.
the bigger the dimensions of a high res display, the less you can use edge lit... if you cant use edge lit, you must use full aray led's which make a device much much thicker and heavier.
I will never buy a Toshiba notebook again. I once had one of the super light ultrabooks. The small weight was the only good thing about it. The sound was horrible, not only the speakers, but the soundboard was bad, no headphone could sound good, the keyboard was mushy and soon had keys dying, but the very worst was the wi-fi, dying all the time and no driver update could save it. A waste of 900 euros.
"Powering this 2.9 lb 0.6-inch thick notebook is of course the latest Intel Skylake processors. Exact processor models are not listed but it will be the Intel U series and should offer great performance."
Careful. This sounds more like a sales pitch than an actual statement of fact. The very fact that this has a 4K screen should preclude it from offering decent <i>graphical</i> performance at its native resolution (or even half of it) for anything that's not a relatively high discrete option, so I'm going to assume you meant CPU performance.
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solipsism - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
Do any of these have USB-C ports? If so, can any of them be charged by that port? If not, are there any laptops available now or coming out this year that have USB-C for charging as well at least one additional USB-A port, that isn't from Google or Apple?Brett Howse - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
I think the 12 at least has USB-C but info from Toshiba is light.Brett Howse - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
Found an image with the Type-C shown but not sure if it's a charging port. I added it to the pipeline.solipsism - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
Thanks. If what I see if the USB-C port then I would highly doubt it's for charging based on it's location on the side of the device.Hulk - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
Look nice. Whenever possible please hound manufacturers to specify display type (IPS, TN, etc...) and whether it is glossy or matte. For many of us they are the most important specs. And many manufacturers seem to sometimes be a little nebulous about them.Brett Howse - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
IPS and glossy since all of them are touch.p1esk - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
so 12.5" screen is 4k, but 14" screen is 1080p?Yeah, that makes total sense.
WorldWithoutMadness - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
That's depends on which PoV you're seeing.For producer, smaller screens are easier to make and cheaper. Thus higher margin.
But I agree with you, this kinda of madness should stop.
11" standard is still 768p but 5"++ is mostly 1080p because logic.
Morawka - Friday, September 4, 2015 - link
much higher yields on small High res displays.. easier to backlight smaller displays when all are edge-lit.the bigger the dimensions of a high res display, the less you can use edge lit... if you cant use edge lit, you must use full aray led's which make a device much much thicker and heavier.
p1esk - Friday, September 4, 2015 - link
what does it have to do with the resolution?Human Bass - Thursday, September 3, 2015 - link
I will never buy a Toshiba notebook again. I once had one of the super light ultrabooks. The small weight was the only good thing about it. The sound was horrible, not only the speakers, but the soundboard was bad, no headphone could sound good, the keyboard was mushy and soon had keys dying, but the very worst was the wi-fi, dying all the time and no driver update could save it. A waste of 900 euros.silverblue - Friday, September 4, 2015 - link
"Powering this 2.9 lb 0.6-inch thick notebook is of course the latest Intel Skylake processors. Exact processor models are not listed but it will be the Intel U series and should offer great performance."Careful. This sounds more like a sales pitch than an actual statement of fact. The very fact that this has a 4K screen should preclude it from offering decent <i>graphical</i> performance at its native resolution (or even half of it) for anything that's not a relatively high discrete option, so I'm going to assume you meant CPU performance.
Sorry Brett, perhaps I'm just nitpicking!
silverblue - Friday, September 4, 2015 - link
Eep, tried HTML and it didn't work, never mind. :)