I consider $1,600 to be the ceiling for a high-end Windows laptop with an Intel Core i7 and sub-2.5 pound weight. That's how much the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon costs, and at $1,500, the LG gram 14 is even cheaper. If my IT department issued me an X30-D, I would accept it in a heartbeat.

Display offers vivid colors without excessive glare; Speakers deliver robust bass; Good key stability

Expensive; Awkward pointing stick; Relatively small SSD

Sleek tablets and 2-in-1s get all the attention these days, but they still take a back seat to traditional clamshell laptops for outfitting business employees. Take Toshiba's flagship Portégé X30 (technically called the X30-D), which combines peak performance with all the amenities that a traveling...

Top performance; excellent battery life; security and manageability enhancements; 3-year warranty; optional Thunderbolt dock

No 4K display option; expensive; touchscreen wobbles

At a glance, the Portégé x30 has the painfully plain design of a work laptop, but it incorporates some features that we've been seeing take over consumer devices as of late: thin-and-light structure, USB Type-C and Thunderbolt, Windows Hello, and more.

Durable yet lightweight design; Multiple input options (touchscreen; trackpad; and click buttons); Windows Hello IR camera and fingerprint sensor

Best display you can get is FHD; No Precision Touchpad; Shrunken right Shift key is annoying; Battery life doesn't live up to expectations

beautiful design; premium materials; sturdy chassis (except display; incredibly thin and light; color accurate screen; fast fingerprint and iris scanners; 2x Thunderbolt 3; runs relatively cool

display flexes easily; fingerprint magnet; underwhelming CPU performance

There's no shortage of candidates if you're looking for a thin-and-light laptop, but this Portégé is a little different because it has IT managers in its sights. The X30-E is designed to be an easy-to-manage laptop that also happens to be slim and sexy.

Built for business; Good connectivity; High-quality display

Some rivals are faster; Additional docking station may be required

Toshiba packed the latest technology and the most powerful options in the Portégé X30-E-12H making it ideal for the power user who doesn't want to feel performance compromised away from their desktop system.

High-performance computing; Great touchpad and keyboard; Type-C charging

Overly thin display; Older NVMe drive tech

A business ultrabook that's bristling with features

Good performance; Large selection of ports; Excellent keyboard

Expensive

The Portégé X30 ( from £1,229 ) is one of the latest additions to Toshiba's premium professional notebook range. As expected it comes in a sleek and lightweight magnesium chassis (316 x 227 x 16.4mm, 1.05kg) designed for frequent business travellers, yet offers the latest 7th Generation Intel Core U...

The first thing that is noticeable about the Portégé X30 right out the box is just how light it is, at just over 1 kg. This, to the extent that when first unboxed, I thought it may be missing its battery (it wasn't), with the razor-thin (15.9 mm) 14" notebook even making my iPad Air feel heavy in...

Thin; Extremely light; Powerful performance for a compact package; Excellent sound

Finicky touchpad; Slightly cramped keyboard

Toshiba's range of high-end business laptops has had a boost with the introduction of the Portégé X30-D . This 13.3-inch laptop is a step up in size from the 12.5-inch Portégé X20W-D . It's a more conventional system, lacking the 360-degree rotation and stylus of the smaller convertible device.

All-day battery life; Two USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 ports; Fingerprint; face and (optional) smartcard authentication

Only one touchscreen model; Lid section is too flexible