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The Best Inventions Of The Year
From the phone that has changed phones forever, to futuristic cars, to a building made of water, to a remote-controlled dragonfly—a dazzling display of ingenuity
—By Maryanne Murray Buechner, Kristina Dell, Andrea Dorfman, Lev Grossman, Anita Hamilton, Rebecca Winters Keegan,
Jeffrey Kluger, Michael D. Lemonick, Coco Masters,
Lisa McLaughlin, Alice Park, Julie Rawe and Deirdre van Dyk
Toshiba Portégé R500-S5004
This ultra thin-and-light notebook is a dream machine for road warriors.
It runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor and offers 2 GB of RAM, an integrated DVD burner and graphics card and built-in wireless capability (both wi-fi and BlueTooth). The
12.1-in. widescreen LED-backlit display is super slim and displays in
high-definition (1280x820 pixels). With the S5004 model you get a
solid-state hard drive, which means no fragile spinning parts, so the
machine is less likely to suffer damage if dropped or bumped. Total weight: 2.4 lbs.
PRICE: $3,000
MORE INFO: Toshiba Portégé R500-S5004
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