The Toshiba Portégé R500 has been shouldering its way firmly into the blogosphere over the last few weeks, with a whole heap of reviews and opinion generated about the slimline notebook. As reported on Talk Toshiba itself, the 12.1” screen, and the 7-8 hours battery life have received particular plaudits from a number of bloggers – with forum posters speculating on exactly how the Portégé shapes up against the Macbook Air (rather well as it turns out).

Therefore, being a blog of the people – we’ve been chatting to Toshiba, and can proudly announce that we will soon be in the position to offer some sparkling Portégé R500 laptops for you to trial. Whether you’re having computer problems yourself and need a stand-in device, or are puzzling over whether to buy an R500 or one of its rivals – do give us a call.

All we need is for you to post your feelings about the device, be it good or bad, within Social Media space – so if you’re interested, just email us details of where you are active online (blogs, forums, twitter, pownce, facebook, YouTube – whatever) and we’ll let you know if we can help. It would be great to hear your opinion!

Also, just to whet your appetite, take a look at this trailer for the notebook itself…

Here at Talk Toshiba we’re always on the look out for troubled souls lost and locked out of the Social Media without a computer – and whether it be the curse of spilt carbonated drinks, or drivers just not operating as they should – we know how frustrating it can be without your trusty laptop.

Therefore, we’ve got a number of sparklingly new Toshiba Qosmio machines, which we’d be delighted to send out to any bloggers, forum users or Social Media Moguls, for you to trial for a few weeks or so. All we ask is that you use it like you would your very own, and if you like it, whether you think it’s the best machine since Kit, or just don’t get on with it, write about it and let us know what you think.

So, if you’re interested, simply send us an email with a few words to let us know why you’d like one of our laptops – and we’ll be in touch. Also, if you could include details of any blogs or communities you are active within, we’d very much appreciate it too!

Thanks a lot.

Carrym wants to know how to open up a Toshiba notebook and has asked the members of macosX.com forum.

Carrym is trying to replace/repair a broken power jack but even after all the visible screws are removed, the laptop still refuses to open.

Can you explain how to take the notebook apart or suggest an alternative way to fix the jack? If so, follow this link to the forum.