Toshiba floats on air too!

Isn't that what the Apple Macbook Air was supposed to do? Toshiba claims the Portege R500-S5007V contains the world's first widescreen 12.1-inch indoor/outdoor transreflective LED backlit display. The company says the Portege R500 battery will last for eight hours.

With its ultralight design and stunning silhouette, the feather light 1.72 pound*† Portégé® R500 Series is the transcendent expression of executive mobility and style. Offering the world's lightest* widescreen 12.1" notebook PC in one configuration, and the world's thinnest widescreen 12.1" notebook PC with an integrated DVD-SuperMulti drive in another, the Portégé® R500 Series represents an uncompromising synthesis of portability and productivity that's meticulously engineered for the demands of executive computing.