Dynabook’s Portege X30L-G 13.3-inch notebook delivers 10th-gen Core power in a super ultralight - gonzalescreeidell

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With its new Portege X30L-G announced Monday at CES in Las Vegas, Dynabook has understood drive at the HP Elite Dragonfly, with its own 13-inch business organization notebook computer that weighs a feathery 1.9 pounds.

First, some review: if the Portege name sounds familiar, information technology should: this is the Toshiba Portege line that Lancinate purchased in 2018, along with Toshiba's some other PC assets, for a paltry $36 million. Sharp resuscitated Toshiba's laptop lines, dynamical the important brand to Dynabook but keeping the Tecra and Portege brand names. Our review of the Dynabook Tecra X50-F disclosed some growing pains, but that hasn't stopped Dynabook from aggressively pushing guardant with new designs.

dynabook portege x30l tilted angle left — Dynabook's Portege X30L-G.

Some aspects of Dynabook's laptops designs reflect its strong customer infrastructure in Asia. E.g., the Portege X30L features a big ethernet port, sticking out a little awkwardly from one of its slender sides. American users mightiness equal used to seeing drop-jaw ethernet on thin-and-light laptops, but Dynabook told PCWorld that its Asian customers prefer full ethernet because it's more long-lasting.

Portability is a key selling manoeuvre. In fact, the scant 3-pound sterling weight of the Tecra X50-F we reviewed—impressively light for a 15-inch notebook—was one of the stronger elements of the design. Dynabook manufactured the Tecra X50-F, as well as the new Portege, out of magnesium metal, offering stalwart expression, though with a somewhat plasticky feel. You couldn't debate with the Tecra's weight, though, and the Portege appears to whir more of the same.

As a 13.3-inch notebook computer, the Portege X30L-G weighs to a lesser degree 2 pounds—not quite equally light as, say, the 14-inch Acer Swift 7 (1.84 pounds), but pretty darn close. Inside the Portege's chassis sits one of Intel's latest 10th-gen Comet Lake chips, optimized for speed.

Dynabook has matched the chip with a 1080p display with 220-, 300-, and 470-nit options. We consider about 260 nits suitable for comfortable stage business use. The 42Wh battery should deliver a solid-state 14.5 hours of battery life, though not in the same approximate range as the HP Elite Dragonfly's reported 24-hour electric battery life.

Still, if you hold open taking big swings, chances are you'll hit something. We don't have a price or accessibility for the Dynabook Portege X30L-G yet, but its key features are below. Executives tell us that while its products are presently limited to corporate clients and PC resellers like CDW at the moment, they hope to make them more mostly available through and through Amazon soon.

Dynabook Portege X30L grassroots specs

Exhibit: 13.3-inch (1366×768, 1920×1080) with 200-, 300-, or 470-nit options
Processor: Core i3-10110U, i5-10210U, i7-10510U, i7-10710U
Artwork: UHD Art
Computer memory: Aweigh to 24GB plural-channel DDR4
Storage: M.2 SATA (capable 512GB), M.2 PCIe NVMe (up to 512GB), M.2 PCIe NVMe with Optane (up to 1TB)
Ports: HDMI, 2 USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 (with 1 supporting sleep and charge), 1 USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 w/power and display; ethernet, microSD, 3.5mm audio jack
Television camera: webcam (resolution indefinable) with Windows Hello IR
Battery: 42Wh
Wireless: WiFi 6 (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.0
Other features: Fingerprint reviewer, security lock
In operation system: Windows 10 Professional
Dimensions: 12.16 x 8.33 x 0.70 inches (17.9mm)
Exercising weight: Starting at 1.9 pounds
Color: Magnesium admixture chassis, in Onyx Blue Metallic coloration

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As PCWorld's major editor, Mark focuses on Microsoft news and chip technology, among past beats. He has formerly written for PCMag, BYTE, Slashdot, eWEEK, and ReadWrite.