The current vogue for solid state hard drives hasn't gone unnoticed by Toshiba. It's just slapped a 128GB SSD into a new version of its ultra-portable Portégé R500, the R500-12Q.

Besides the solid state boost, it gets a 1.33GHz ultra-low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 processor and 2GB of memory.

As with the rest of the range, the screen is a 12.1in, 1280x800 LED backlit display. Windows Vista Business comes as standard.

If traditional hard drives and Windows XP are more to your liking then there's also the R500-11Z and R500-121, which use standard 160GB drives and come with Windows XP on DVD for use as "recovery media" - Toshiba's helpful way of giving you the option of installing it in place of the pre-loaded Vista Business. Sadly, they haven't been announced for Europe.

We're awaiting word on when the 12Q will be arriving here. Expect to pay a hefty premium for that solid state drive when it does.

[Engadget]

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