The square edges of the tablet make it easy to hold, and it’s a sturdy tablet that features magnesium alloy and a honeycomb construction. It's a lightweight tablet that's comfortable to hold and use. That said, some might find its black level to be a little on the pale side. It’s sharp for text and images, and there is plenty of contrast for showing small details in photographs and videos. It’s an IPS (in-plane switching) panel that looks good from the sides, and it renders colours with a natural brush, rather than over-saturating them. There is a native resolution of 1920x1080, but Toshiba ships the system with its icons and text set to the largest size that Windows allows, and this makes it easier to use for touch input (except for some windows that remain with small text), as well as easier to read.

Its brightness isn’t extreme, which could be a problem when using the tablet in a brightly lit environment, but it also means that it’s easy on the eyes, especially while using it in dark environments. More importantly, the screen has a matte, non-glossy finish from edge to edge, and it’s a finish that’s smooth on the skin. It feels light and airy, and it has a square design that’s comfortable to hold. This is due to the way the dock has been designed: it allows the screen to sit either facing you in a normal laptop orientation, or away from you in a display-only orientation.Īs a tablet, the Portege Z20t is undeniably good, especially for a Windows 8.1-based model. You can use it easily as either a tablet or as a notebook, and you can even do interesting things such as switch it to ‘display’ mode or ‘tent’ mode when you just want to watch something or make a presentation to clients. It’s a 12.5in, detachable (or hybrid, if you like) Ultrabook in which all of the processing power is located within the screen, but its keyboard base also has extra ports and an additional battery.

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