Toshiba Portege 7020

Pros: Rock solid reliability, durable case, slimness, "coolness factor"
Cons: Only one USB port, flimsy USB port door

I use laptops extensively in out-of-office settings. I take a certain pleasure in being able to whip ...

Pros: That screen, thin, reasonably light, and of course, that screen
Cons: About a half pound too heavy

First off, I reviewed the Portege 7000CT, which with the exception of one very important aspect, is largely identical. Sure, the 7020 is 100MHz faster, has a faster cache design and comes with 64MB ram and a 6GB drive as opposed to the 32MB and 4GB of...

Pros: Lightweight
Cons: Over heats poor ventilation

My entire sales force of a thousand plus had been given the Toshiba Portege 7020s. At first everyone was elated with the new sleek lightweight machines. It did not take long for the guys and gals to lose "that loving feeling." The lightweight sleek...

Pros: Size, screen, performance, durability
Cons: Docking dongle, price, price

I've owned four Toshiba laptops and this is the best one yet. Light, super usable, great screen and good performance for a PII.

People who should buy this (or later Portege 7000 series models) want the light weight of a sub-notebook but not...

Pros: The size and the weight
Cons: Instability, Frequent hardware and software crashes,noise,the battery life span.

I bought the laptop for work, and home use. As a truck driver I found out right at the first the battery life span was to short, in 2 to 3 hours it was dead. And no use to me, so I had to buy a car adaptor and keep it plugged in and throw the battery...

Pros: thin, lightweight, nice dock
Cons: flimsy and slow

As a preface to this review, I have owned and used a number of other ultralites: IBM Thinkpad 560X, HP Omnibook 900 and a HP Sojourn. I will make comparisons where helpful.

I found the Toshiba 7020CT to be unimpressive. My criteria for any...

Pros: Very stable, Fast, Light, Looks cool
Cons: Only comes with 64MB std., shorter battery life, expensive accesories

I have been using my Portege for almost a year now, and I can honestly say that it is truly an amazing computer. The stability of the system is one of the best aspects of the computer. Toshiba really deserves credit for configuring a top-notch NT 4...

Pros: compact size, performance
Cons: docking station, modem flap

We have used the 7020 exclusively at work for about a year. While our users love the size/performance ratio of the Portege, it has become a tech support nightmare. Let's face it... getting good performance out of a laptop is relatively easy. The hard...

Pros: looks great!
Cons: not functional, makes noise, doesn't run smooth with windows 9x or NT

Price:$2.999
Processor:P2
Speed:366 MHz
RAM:128 MB
Hard Disk:6.4 GB

The Toshiba Portegé 7020CT looks absolutely fabulous. Great design,very thin, weighs 4 pounds and has a beautiful LCD. Alltho this is not the reason why I...

Pros: Light & Durable, nice LCD with good keyboard
Cons: Docking station does not support 1280x1024 @ 75HZ

This is a very light and small laptop that still packs a fair amount of power and has a nice docking station. A much improved version of the 7010 with more power and most important a larger LCD with 1024x768 resolution

I liked:
- the...

Pros: lightweight, docking station, DVD, peripherals available
Cons: price, sometimes freezes (but rarely lately)

I have been using Toshiba laptops for years. This is my latest. I love the 7020 for a few distinguishing features; and find it's design lacking for only a few others. So, here goes:
1) The portability and lightweight nature of the laptop (without...

Pros: Light, beautiful screen
Cons: Keyboard not as good as IBM

Not a perfect machine, though its annoyances are not major. I would look at the IBM 570 also before making a final decision. However, I should mention that I got the Portege as an ex-demo machine at a very keen price - around USD1800, including CDROM...

Pros: Great size and form factor
Cons: Docking station has some annoying quirks

I have been using the Portege 7020CT now for about 9 months. It's a real mixed bag. I love the form factor and small size/weight - I still get ooh's and ah's when I pull it out on a plane. I did an enormous amount of searching to find the most powerful...

Pros: Light, efficient, and DVD Docking station plays great quality video directly to screen or TV
Cons: Poor interoperability with docking station, suspend/resume issues as well

The 7020 + DVD Docking station is fast and light, but still has a few issues which you should be aware of before you purchase. First of all, I would highly recommend the memory upgrade to 128MB. Running Win98, NT, or Win2K on 64MB of RAM is manageable,...

Pros: Very small and light. Lots of power for the size.
Cons: Cheap keyboard, no PC card hotswap.

I go through a lot of laptops. As an IT manager, it falls to me to evaluate hardware before we pass it on to our users. In the recent past, I've used the IBM Thinkpad 600e, the HP Omnibook 4150, and currently the Toshiba Portege 7020. So far, the Toshiba...