Toshiba Portege X20W-D

Judging from our recent reviews of convertible 2-in-1s for business, makers will agree on a CPU—Intel's Core i7-7600U, a 2.8GHz dual-core with vPro tractableness features—but cannot agree on a screen size. The Editors' selection HPEliteBook x360 1030 G2 is 13.3 inches. The holler Latitude 5289 is 12.5 inches. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga (2nd info, OLED) is 14 inches. currently Toshiba has introduced a flip-and-fold hybrid that breaks the tie: The Portege X20W-D (starts at $999, $2,059 as tested) includes a 12.5-inch full HD show, creating it supremely compact and simple to hold. It conjointly comes imposingly near unseating the EliteBook atop our business laptop/tablet ranks.

The X20W-D starts at $999 for a model aimed toward education, with a Core i3 and insufficient 4GB of memory and 128GB solid-state drive. Our loaded check unit has the Core i7-7600U processor, 16GB of RAM, and 256GB PCIe SSD. You will find arguably the most effective deal in between, wherever a Core i5 version with 8GB of memory and 256GB SSD is $1,399.99. All escort what Toshiba calls a TruPen stylus with Wacom grieve sketching and scribbling in pillmode. All square measure backed by a three-year international warrant.

Remarkably lightweight nevertheless Solid

At 0.61 by 11.8 by 8.6 inches, the Portege may be a bit slimmer than the holler 5289(0.73 by 12 by 8.3 inches) and narrower than the HP x360 (0.59 by 12.5 by 8.6 inches). At 2.43 pounds, it's perceptibly lighter than either the 2.97-pound Latitude or 2.84-pound EliteBook. What we have a tendency to virtually known as its brushed aluminium (actually, it's Mg alloy) chassis is in an exceedingly greyish shade that Toshiba calls chalcedony Blue.

The slender slab's beveled edges build it simple to open, whereas 2 hinges allow you to fold the show back from portable computer to pill mode or, like different Yoga workalikes, position it in between for easel-style displays or lay it flat for desktop collaboration. there is some wobble once you faucet the screen in portable computer mode, however very little flex if you grasp the corners or press the keyboard deck.

Probably the foremost jarring factor once you scrutinize the Portege is however few ports there square measure: On the system's right aspect are the facility button, a USB 3.0 port, and a security lock slot. On the left square measure AN audio jack and a Thunderbolt 3/USB-C port used for charging the pc, and that is it. Toshiba provides a USB-C-to-HDMI electronic device with power pass-through, thus you'll plug into AC power ANd an external monitor at identical time, except for something additional elaborate you will need the company's Thunderbolt three tying upstation ($282.99). 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth handle wireless connections.

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The X20W-D's keyboard avoids our usual criticisms by providing inverted-T indicator arrow keys and dedicated Home and finish (on the highest row) and Page Up and Page Down (to the correct of Right Shift) keys, however the keys square measure slightly smaller than normal—just 0.5 an in. high. Add shallow travel, and you have got a keyboard that takes some of hours' obtaining wont to rather than the standard ten to half hour, however then adjustment amount you'll get pleasure from its quietly snappy typewriting feel. There square measure 2 levels of keyboard backlighting (plus off). A Fn key groups with diminutive top-row keys to regulate system operations like screen brightness and heavier-than-air craft mode.

We square measure less happy with the Toshiba's buttonless Synaptics touchpad, that exhibited occasional weird quirks: It appeared to take too several swipes to traverse the screen and that we registered many supersensitized or phantom left-clicks, choosing AN unwanted app within the begin menu or inflicting the right-click context menu to disappear before we have a tendency to had an opportunity to maneuver the indicator to the road we have a tendency to needed. Also, the X20W-D's fingerprint reader takes up atiny low a part of the touchpad area; we have a tendency to like styles that keep the 2 separate.

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By distinction, touch-screen operations square measure swish and precise, as is that the ink-on-paper-like expertiseof mistreatment the AAAA-battery-powered TruPen. The latter registers 2,048 levels of pressure in compatible apps, with nearly no lag and glorious palm rejection. whereas the stylus includes a pocket clip, there is not any place to store it among the Portege, thus you will have to use caution to not act or its cap.

The 1,920-by-1,080 show is one among the few bit screens with AN anti-glare coating that eliminates reflections, property you get pleasure from its IPS technology's broad viewing angles even to extremes. The screen itself is first-rate, with vivid colours and many of brightness even once turned down a number of notches to avoid wasting battery power. Photos, videos, and plain text all looked nice, with crisp detail and distinction.

For any audio additional elaborate than Skype conversations, you will need headphones; the 2 speakers mounted on the Toshiba's bottom front sound as flat and skinny because the portable computer itself. The digital camera higher than the screen—a second, Windows howdy face recognition camera may be a $40 possibility our system lacked—captures averagely bright and elaborated, slightly farinaceous selfies.

Perky Performance

The likes of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint ar a come in the park for the Portege, that announce a formidable score of 3,444 points in our PCMark eight overall productivity benchmark, border the Latitude 5289 (3,387 points) and also the EliteBook x360 (3,296).

The Toshiba joined those 2 convertibles in finishing a quarter-step behind the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga in our Cinebench processor and Handbrake video-editing tests, however in real-world use you'd would like a timer to notethe distinction. Ditto for its time of three minutes and thirty one seconds to the EliteBook's 3:15 in our Adobe Photoshop image-editing employment.

The Toshiba was competitive at intervals a typically noncompetitive field in our 3DMark, Heaven, and vale graphics and vice benchmarks—none of those 2-in-1s will hold a candle to laptops with distinct instead of integrated graphics, and every one were miles off from the thirty frames per second threshold for swish gameplay at full resolution with image quality turned up. continue solitaire games. The systems shone in our battery summary check, with the Portege, the EliteBook, and also the Latitude all lasting quite fourteen hours—enough to induce you thru a full workday, a night of Netflix observance or casual vice in pillmode, then some.

Joining associate degree elite

All told, the Toshiba Portege X20W-D joins the dingle Latitude 5289 and also the HP EliteBook x360 1030 G2 as warrant a spot on your listing if you are seeking a 2-in-1 for business, and perhaps a spot at the top of the list if you are fascinated by a unit that comes with a stylus for inking applications. The HP remains our prime alternative within the class because of its superior port choice and minor conveniences like the WorkWise app that unlocks or locks the computer as you approach or depart together with your smartphone in your pocket.

PERFORMANCE TESTS

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