Ah, the old Toshiba Satellite; like a Volvo it was never the best nor the prettiest but short of a major collision nothing could kill it. Since those times Toshiba has had a rough go of it, The Inquirer states they have predicted a $4.5bn loss, just after being caught cooking the books. That has not stopped them from improving their Satellite lineup and the Satellite Radius 12 ultraportable is a great example of that.
The screen on this 300x209x15.4mm (11.8×8.2×0.6") and 1.32kg (2.9lb), 12.1" convertible laptop is an impressive 3840×2160 IPS display which can be fully flipped open to a tablet like form factor. An i7-6500U, 8GB RAM and an unspecified 256GB SSD offer great performance, although battery life does suffer somewhat due to the screen and components. Toshiba also included a dedicated Cortana button, cellphone like volume rocker, 0.9MP webcam and an infrared camera which works with Windows Hello but is not a RealSense camera. The Inquirer found a lot to like about this laptop as well as some fairly serious shortcomings, read about them all in their review.
"This is the latest in Toshiba's rotating display convertible line, and the first of its kind to include a so-called 4K screen, making it an interesting proposition regardless of its creator's misfortunes."
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What’s with the “so-called
What’s with the “so-called 4K” comment in the quote?
It is a 4K screen, nor does the linked article explain that.
The SPECS are exactly what I want (12″, 4K, flip), though the price is not yet.
I think they are hinting at
I think they are hinting at the brightness issue, having to turn it to at least 75% brightness to properly see it. Then again maybe they are just being strange.
3840×2160 is UHD (UltraHD-TV
3840×2160 is UHD (UltraHD-TV standard)
4096×2160 is DCI 4K (Digital Cinema Initiatives film standard)
So UHD laptop screens are wide enough for TV but are missing 6.25% of the width for 4K movies.
The difference may be more important to people creating or grading digital film content than consuming it.
Toshiba’s crappy system
Toshiba’s crappy system software alone is enough for anyone to stay clear of any of Toshiba’s hardware, that and too few Driver updates(ZERO driver updates over 5 years and counting) for Toshiba’s OEM customizied Intel HD graphics drivers, good luck getting service after the sale for OEM software/Driver issues from Toshiba!