Toshiba Satellite T135 Win 7 CULV Notebook Review

We're seeing more and more CULV notebooks hit the market these days. The growing sector of Consumer Ultra Low Voltage machines attempts to bridge the gap between lower cost netbooks and full-size notebooks, offering a more powerful chip than the ubiquitous Atom options we see in netbooks, but one that consumes less power than the mainstream Core 2 Duo processors we see in many full-size notebooks.

The Toshiba Satellite T100 Series fits in the CULV segment and attempts to offer the comfort and convenience of a standard laptop in an ultra-thin package. As the larger model in the T100 series, the T135 features a 13.3-inch widescreen display and measures 1.35 inches at its thickest point, while the smaller model, the Satellite T115, offers a slightly smaller 11.6-inch diagonal widescreen.

Toshiba claims that the T135 can offer a battery life of 9 hours, 22 minutes with its included 6 cell battery, a figure we'll put to the test later in this review. Part of the reason the T135 is able to boast of all-day battery life is thanks to its Intel ultra-low voltage processor. Our test model, the T135-S1310RD ($709.99), came with the dual core 1.3GHz Intel Pentium SU4100; you'll find a handful of processor options in the T135 line, including some models that cost as little as $600. HotHardware