Now, if you're thinking there's no such thing as a super sturdy yet ultralight laptop, you're right. The Portégé Z935 is housed in a light-gray magnesium-alloy chassis, which doesn't seem terribly durable. The lid, which features a brushed metal finish and a reflective Toshiba logo in the center, is extremely thin and flexible. It flexes quite a bit when the laptop is closed, and feels very flimsy and wobbly when open. Its bottom half feels sturdier, but the entire unit seems a little cheaply made.

The interior is simple, with a brushed metal finish and chromed accents. The keyboard and trackpad both need some work. The keyboard features black island-style soft-touch keys, which have a smooth, velvety finish. The keys themselves are a little too small--short, especially--so it's difficult to type quickly and accurately, and they aren't textured or indented, so your fingers will constantly be slipping every which way.

The trackpad is adequate, if a little small. It's the mouse buttons that are hard to use. The trackpad features two discrete mouse buttons that sit flush with the wrist rest and do not depress very much, so they're stiff and tough to press. The trackpad itself supports multitouch gestures and has smooth, accurate movement.

Most of the ports are on the back of the machine. The left side features a headphone jack, microphone jack, and SD card reader, and the right side has one USB 3.0 port and a Kensington lock slot. The remaining ports--a gigabit ethernet port, HDMI and VGA-out ports, and two USB 2.0 ports (one with Sleep-and-Charge)--are all on the back, where the laptop is thickest.