Toshiba has announced and started selling its Portege Z930 13.3” screen Ultrabook, an update to the Z835 we reviewed last year, essentially it’s just a minor refresh and Toshiba is now pushing this more as a business oriented Ultrabook as they now have a consumer level Satellite Ultrabook 845 that costs around $700. Toshiba has slapped a $1,149 price tag on this model out of the gate, which is rather extreme considering we bought the Portege Z835 at a bargain price of around $699 last year at Best Buy during a sale around the holidays – we’re hoping to see cheaper models of the Z930 soon. So what justifies the higher price? You of course now get the latest Intel Ivy Bridge lineup of processors to choose from and HD 4000 graphics, right now the processor choices include Intel Core i5-3427U Processor and i7-3667U. Quite importantly, there is now a matte screen finish on this model instead of the rather horrible glossy (reflective) screen seen on the Z835, that’s a pretty important update for business users.
Other than that, things are pretty much exactly the same between the Z930 and Z830 models. That’s not all bad though. You get a nice selection of ports — USB 3.0, two USB 2.0, SD card reader, headphone and microphone jack, and HDMI. The looks is the same, it has a brush metal grey finish and is 0.63” thick and weighs 2.4lbs, which is incredibly thin and light and beats out the MacBook Air. That said, we found the Z835 model somewhat flimsy due to the extreme thinness and since the design hasn’t changed it’s unlikely that has either. The Z930 will be configurable with up to a 512GB SSD and 12GB of RAM, the standard size storage drive is a 128GB SSD. There is no regular HD option. The Z930 is up on the Toshiba website now where you can build your own Z930-BT9300 starting at $1,149 or buy pre-configured models for faster ship starting at $1,479.
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