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Toshiba Portege X30-E (PT282A-01P00L) review

Toshiba Portege X30-E (PT282A-01P00L)

CHOICE Expert Rating

73%
What is the CHOICE Expert Rating?
Good points

Good Points

  • Excellent read and very good write storage performance
  • Very good Wi-Fi performance
  • Very good screen
  • Matte touchscreen
  • Very light and portable
  • Full-sized HDMI port
  • microSD card slot can be used to expand storage as the card can sit all the way inside the slot
Bad points

Bad Points

  • Space bar is too small

Type

Ultraportable
Ultrabook
Tablet mode
Operating system
Windows 10 Pro

Recommended products

Recommended
Not recommended
Recommended for tablet use

Test results

CHOICE Expert Rating
73%
Performance score
66%
Tablet use score
N/A
Ease of use score
79%
Battery life score
65%
Display score
86%
Audio score
45%
Wi-Fi score
88%
Storage write-speed (MBps)
1217
Storage read-speed (MBps)
3277
Wi-Fi speed (MBps)
52
Average battery life – heavy usage (hours)
6:14
Charging time to 80% full (h:min)
1:29
Expert tester comments
Toshiba's Portege X30-E is a slim and light unit that's built for people who need to carry a laptop frequently in order to conduct their business. It still has a great amount of processing power under the hood, and its storage is particularly fast. Despite being so slim, it still packs an HDMI port for easy connection to a projector or monitor, but you do also get two modern Thunderbolt ports. Its ease of use score suffered a bit owing to its keyboard, in particular, which has a small space bar than usual. Note: This laptop's performance is not directly comparable to current products due to it being tested with an older version of our benchmark.

Sustainability

Shop Ethical rating
F
Warranty (years)
3
Replaceable battery
Not collected
Replace/upgrade RAM
Not collected
Slots for additional RAM
Not collected
Replace/upgrade storage
Not collected
Slot for additional storage
Not collected
Replace/upgrade Wi-Fi
Not collected
Country of origin
Not collected

Related products

Availability
Discontinued model

Cost

Price
$2,099.00

Specifications

Screen size (inches)
13.3
Native screen resolution (pixels)
1920 x 1080
Processor (CPU) type
Intel Core i5-8250U
CPU frequency (GHz)
1.6
RAM (GB)
8
Video graphics type
Intel UHD Graphics 620
Storage capacity (GB)
256
Available user space (GB)
193
Storage type
SSD
Wi-Fi version
5
Weight of laptop (kg)
1.1
Weight of power supply (kg)
0.3
Size (mm, H x D x W)
20 x 227 x 316

Features

Screen finish
Matte
Touchscreen
USB-C
USB 2.0 ports
0
USB 3.0 ports
1
USB 4 as USB-C port
0
USB-C (USB 3.2 Gen 1 or 2, not Thunderbolt 3 or 4) ports
0
Thunderbolt 3 or 4 (as USB-C) ports
2
SD card slot (full-size)
SD card slot (micro)
HDMI port
Gigabit ethernet port
Rear camera
Backlit keyboard levels of brightness
1

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