Inside Dynabook Portege X30L-J – disassembly and upgrade options

If you were wondering if anyone could make a sub 1 kg laptop with RAM upgrade support, well, Dynabook just did it!

Check out all Dynabook Portege X30L-J prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

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Dynabook Portege X30L-J

Processor

Intel Core i7-1165G7

VideoCard

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

RAM

8GB RAM

STORAGE

1000GB SSD

Detailed review

Dynabook Portege X30L-J

Processor

Intel Core i7-1165G7

VideoCard

Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

RAM

16GB RAM

STORAGE

512GB SSD

Detailed review

1. Remove the bottom plate

To open this device, you have to undo 13 Phillips-head screws. After that, just lift the bottom panel starting from the back.

2. Battery

Inside, we see a 53Wh battery pack.

3. Мemory and storage

On their Web page, Dynabook offers configurations with none, 8 or 16GB of soldered memory. Additionally, there is one SODIMM slot for further expansion. As for the storage, there is one M.2 PCIe x4 slot.

4. Cooling system

Interestingly, the cooling comprises two heat pipes, a medium-sized heat sink, and a fan.

Check out all Dynabook Portege X30L-J prices and configurations in our Specs System or read more in our In-Depth review.

Dynabook Portege X30L-J in-depth review

Dynabook may seem like a new contender in the laptop space, but it is actually the "successor" to the Toshiba brand. Three years ago, a major share of the computing department of Toshiba was purchased by Sharp. A couple of years later, Sharp completed a full takeover of the department and renamed it Dynabook. Other than that, almost everything about the company remains the same - especially the history.In fact, Dynabook now claims that Toshiba once introduced the first real laptop - the Toshiba T1100. This is a little dim, considering the fact that the term "laptop" was really stretched i[...]

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Pros

• Magnesium chassis that weighs 907 grams
• Covers 97% of sRGB colors
• Very high color accuracy
• Great battery life
• A dedicated pen that hides inside the laptop
• IR face recognition, fingerprint reader, privacy shutter
• Rich I/O
• No aggressive PWM

Cons

• Speakers are really quiet
• Small touchpad

Author: Alex Iliev

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