A new review of the Toshiba Portege M700 has popped up on Computer and Laptop’s Weblog in which the author concentrates on the essentials such as battery life, speakers, wireless connectivity and the operating system and finds it to be a generally positive experience.

He states that the overall battery life is “good”, but “I wouldn’t brag about it, unless I had the optional slice battery to go with it”. Though he got around 3 and a half hours in high performance mode, the M700 gave up to 5 hours in balanced mode which is “respectable”. He thought the speakers were not as loud as his iPod, but this is “typical for a business tablet” and the volume wheel is a “convenient feature.” As well as finding that the connectivity “worked fine”, the author had “no problems” running Microsoft Vista Business; indeed her prefers Vista on tablets “thanks to the improvements in handwriting recognition and the pen flicks.”

Concluding that the M700 is “a solid tablet”, the author thinks that although it’s not fancy, it has “all necessities” and “doesn’t lack in performance or features”. Head on over to Computer and Laptop’s Weblog for the full review.