Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Toshiba launches ultrabook with ultra-wide-screen 21:9

To solve one of mankind's problems and remove the annoying black bars on the edges of videos, Toshiba today announced a ultrabook with 14-inch 21:9 screen and resolution very uncommon: 1792 × 768 pixels. With a screen so wide, you can see that the ultrabook is designed for entertainment.


The Toshiba Satellite has U840W processor family Intel Ivy Bridge, Harman Kardon speakers and doors sleep-and-charge (keep a powered USB port for charging gadgets) and sleep-and-music (lets you connect an MP3 player to the speaker the ultrabook). Should be a great laptop for watching movies, too bad he does not come with a Blu-ray. The Satellite U840W meets the main requirements of the Intel ultrabooks: is thin, lightweight and battery life above the market average.

Toshiba said that the model has a thickness of 2 inches and weighs less than 1.8 kg, making the model very portable - but maybe you need a special bag or backpack to carry it. The battery "lasts all day," but they did not divulge the exact number of hours ultrabook stand away from the outlet.The U840W also comes with three USB 3.0 ports, Ethernet, HDMI video output, backlit keyboard and metal finish. The Intel WiDi, also this will allow you to connect your ultrabook to a monitor or TV without using cables.

The only problem is to find a monitor that supports WiDi, being honest, I only saw it once (and was an event of LG). The basic model will cost from U.S. $ 999 U.S. and will hit the market from July 15. You can buy it with a hybrid hard drive with 500 GB SSD 32 GB to cache frequently accessed files, but the top model comes with 256 GB SSD.

The ultra wide screen may not be so pleasant in the navigation of web pages, since most of the sites has not taken advantage vertical navigation and lateral spaces. Still, the Satellite U840W should be especially useful for those wishing to migrate to Windows 8 - Start the scrolling is horizontal, and Metro applications may be placed side by side without worrying about space.