Toshiba Portege R500′s screen can be distorted by your bare hands quite easily, moving it by an inch or so. When pushing the plastic panel on the bottom of the harddrive under the case, the hard drive pops it inward. The company explained that these unusual designs are intentional to ensure improved durability of the laptop. It packs a punch with its 1.2-GHz Core 2 Duo U7500 processor and scored 49 on WorldBench 6 meter. Its’ short sprint was compensated by the long life of its battery that lasts about 5.5 hours. However, the Portege comes with only one USB port, ethernet connectivity and an old-fashioned volume knob.