What?! Another skinny laptop? Toshiba thinks you still can’t get enough of Apple’s Macbook Air and Samsung’s P200 Ultrathin Laptop that is why it came up with its own version of a slim laptop. Introducing the new ultraportable Portege R500-S5007V! Could this new slim laptop take the market by storm just like the MacBook Air did? Well, let’s take a look at what it has to offer.

At its thinnest point the Portege R500 measures 0.77-inches and weighs just 2.4 lbs. This is really thinner compared to the MacBook Air. It features a widescreen 12.1-inch transreflective LED backlit display that absorbs sunlight and uses it to make the screen images show up better. It has an SSD that can hold up to 128GB of data.

Powering up this thin laptop from Toshiba is the 1.33 GHZ Intel Core 2Duo U7700 processor. This processor has a speed of up to 533 MHz, 2MB of L2 cache and 2 GB memory. Graphics is provided by Intel, in the form of the Graphics Media Accelerator 950. Toshiba makes sure your data is secure at all times by integrating EasyGuard Technology. Battery can last up to eight hours on a single charge according to Toshiba.

Aside from having a competitive performance, the Toshiba Portege R500-S5007V also offers a competitive price – $2,999 with limited 3-year warranty.