Areas where Japanese-designed mobile PCs excel include portability and light weight. Since customers want the lightest possible laptops, Japanese PC makers can create exactly what their customers want. This is certainly the case with Dynabook's Portégé X2W-J and Portégé X1L-J 30-in-30 convertible machines, which are not only lightweight, but also support the advanced security features that today's businesses require. . Dynabook, formerly Toshiba, showed off both machines this week, sporting a mystic blue magnesium-alloy chassis and equipped with a 13,3-inch IGZO display (up to Full HD resolution, with or without support for touch or privacy on the laptop case). However, the main selling point of mobile PCs is their weight: the laptop starts at 900 grams, while the convertible starts at 1 kilogram and is just 17,9mm thick.
Lightweight with Tiger Lake
The new Dynabook Portégé X30L-J and X30W-J are based on the 5th generation Intel Core i7/i32 processors called Tiger Lake and feature quad cores as well as integrated Intel Xe graphics. The machines can be equipped with 48 GB (convertible) or 4 GB (portable) of DDR1 memory, as well as an SSD with a capacity of up to XNUMX TB.
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(Image credit: Dynabook) Since the Intel Tiger Lake platform is equipped with a Thunderbolt 4 controller, the Dynabook Portégé X30L-J and X30W-J support two TB4 ports. Also, like many other modern high-end mobile PCs, the new systems feature Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, a USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A connector, HDMI display-out, a headphone audio port, and a microSD card. space.
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(Image credit: Dynabook) Dynabook is aiming its Portégé X30L-J laptop and X30W-J convertible at people who travel a lot on business, so both machines come with a host of security features, including a Windows Hello webcam. with infrared sensors. , a fingerprint reader, a smart card reader (laptop only), and a TPM 2.0 module. Systems comply with Microsoft PC security requirements.
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(Image credit: Dynabook) In terms of battery life, both Portégé systems come with a 53Wh battery and promise to last a day, although that's something to be tested.
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(Image credit: Dynabook) Dynabook expects to start selling its Portégé X30L-J notebook and X30W-J convertible PCs sometime in the fourth quarter. Users in the United States will be able to build the systems to their specifications. The prices may vary.