We have heard enough about Toshiba problems with the HD-DVD, for example half a billion pound loss reported on the form, but things are not all bad for the company and in other areas it is still strong. Backing up that assertion, and more than likely agreeable terms and potential customers, the Dynabook SS RX1 has just received an update in Japan, adding the option to install a 128GB disk SSD promises ahead of last year.

The hope is, of course, that this should filter through the rest of the world and the rest of the Toshiba laptop range. According to Toshiba is the first laptop in the world to offer such a capacity disk DSS, which can certainly add to the attraction.

Of course, a price premium is to be expected of such an upgrade and, in fact, is what we see. The RX1 with a 120GB hard drive Japanese customers will spit back ¥ 292800 (£ 1500) to increase ¥ 417800 (£ 2150) to 43 percent of premiums for reducing weight and power consumption.

On the other hand, if you really want the benefits of a solid state disk, but also need equal to the storage capacity (or at least approximate) that of a conventional disc you only other option is to buy a reader separate. Given a 2.5in 128GB DSS will probably cost you in the region of a few thousand pounds in this way, the supply of Toshiba suddenly seems much more value added. It is hoped that the UK will see this option on its laptops soon - those Portable R500s need something to recommend them other than weight, or rather the lack of.