I have the main unit, power adapter, two battery pack and Port Replicator.
type computer
country Japan
year 2003
os Microsoft XP professional
cpu Intel Pentium M
speed 1 GHz
ram 256 MB
disk none
hd 40 GB
graphic 1024×768 XGA
colors 24-bit (16,7 million)
ports headphones, microphone,VGA, docking, modem, Ethernet, USB (2)
The Toshiba Portégé R100 — The World’s Lightest Laptop
Released in 2003, the Toshiba Portégé R100 achieved a remarkable milestone — at just 779 grams, it was the world’s lightest full-featured laptop computer at the time of its launch. Using an Intel Pentium M 900 MHz Ultra Low Voltage processor on the Centrino platform, the R100 achieved its extraordinary weight through magnesium alloy construction, elimination of the optical drive, and extremely thin LCD panel design. Despite its featherweight construction, it offered Wi-Fi connectivity, a 10.4-inch display, and the full Windows XP experience — proving that genuine productivity was achievable in an ultra-light package.
779 Grams
The R100’s weight of 779 grams — less than a kilogram — was a genuine engineering achievement in 2003, when most business laptops weighed 2-3 kg and ”ultralight” machines typically weighed around 1.2-1.5 kg. Toshiba achieved this through systematic elimination of weight from every component: magnesium alloy chassis instead of plastics, smallest possible battery, no optical drive, thin-and-light display. The R100’s weight made it genuinely pocketable in a large jacket pocket and comfortable for all-day carrying in a briefcase.
Toshiba’s Ultra-Light Heritage
The Portégé R100 continued Toshiba’s tradition of extreme miniaturisation established by the Libretto series, applying the same engineering obsession with weight reduction to a full-featured business laptop rather than a compromised subnotebook. The R100 demonstrated that Centrino’s Ultra Low Voltage processors made genuinely useful ultra-light laptops possible — a capability that Intel and the laptop industry would build upon to eventually produce the ultrabook category a decade later.