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<-234x60 Half Banner - left->Toshiba launched a new 17.1-inch notebook computer series powered by the AMD dual core processor technology and available at a starting price of $749.99 for a basic configuration.

Satellite L350’s wide display with 1440x900 native resolution uses the TruBrite technology for clear imaging and the notebook comes with a built-in camera, the ATI Radeon X1250 graphic card, a DVD super multi optical drive with Labelflash DVD-R disc support for professional looking discs, and here we have one configuration example from Toshiba, available at the price mentioned.

It is the Satellite L350D series consisting of Satellite L355D-S7810 models, which comes with Windows Vista Home Premium operating system pre-installed, AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 processor at 2GHz speeds with HyperTransport, 2GB DDR2 SDRAM memory, 200GB HDD, the DVD super multi with Labelflash, ATI Radeon X1250 128MB-831MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory,built-in stereo speakers, Atheros 802.11 b/g wireless LAN, and three USB ports.



Toshiba Satellite L350 notebooks are available at Toshiba Direct.

Toshiba announced new gaming notebook series with the NVIDIA SLI graphics featuring dual GeForce 8600M GT GPUs.
The series in called Toshiba Satellite X205 and is powered by the Intel 45nm processors which delivers less heat improving the gaming experience and increasing the performance for productivity applications.

More than that, these notebooks integrate dual hard drives for 320GB storage with 7200 rpm spinning speed, and high definition DVD optical drives for a great viewing experience on the 17-inch widescreen display or on a HD TV via the HDMI connection.

The starting price for Satellite X205 is of $2,000 and the models are available at Toshiba Direct and in different customer electronics stores, and to give you an idea of how a final configuration would look like I will detail the specs for Satellite X205-SLI4 which is priced at $2,500.

It comes with Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit version pre-installed, an Intel Core 2 Duo 78100 at 2.1GHz speed, 3072MB DDR II SDRAM memory, 320GB S-ATA HDD, the HD DVD Super Multi Double Layer with support for 12 formats, the external USB HDTV Tuner, a 17-inch display with 1680 x 1050 pixels resolution, NVIDIA SLI Dual Force 8600GT with 512MB DDR III dedicated memory, four built-in Harman Kardon stereo speakers with subwoofer, the Wi-Fi module from Intel (802.11a/g/n), Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, the Toshiba Remote Control, webcam + microphone, and Fingerprint reader.

It has always been a pleasure for me to introduce you Toshiba notebooks because they come always with attractive designs and are up to date with the latest technology requirements, and Portege R500 is not an exception.
The new model is an Ultra Mobile PC and is available in two versions: R500-11J and R500-11I.

The Portege R500-11J costs around $3,660 and brings the Intel Core 2 Duo ULV U7600 CPU with 1.20GHz speed, the Intel 945GMS Express chipset, Wi-Fi a/b/g connectivity from Intel, 64GB SSD storage, 2GB of DDR II memory, the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 256MB shared memory, Bluetooth, 3G+, Gigabit Ethernet, and Windows Vista Professional operating system pre-installed.

Unfortunately, there is not optical drive integrated.
The display is a WXGA Transflective LED type of 12.1 inches and with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, and the UMPC measures 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm, with a weight of 779 grams.

Both models will be available starting this month.
Portege R500-11I has a DVD Super Multi ultra slim drive and is priced at $3,000 because it has a S-ATA HDD type with 120GB data storage capacity at 5400 rpm, and besides the rest of the featured mentioned at the previous model, has Windows Vista XP Professional installed.
It measures 283 x 215.8 x 19.5/ 25.5 mm and weights 999 grams.

Toshiba added three new Satellite A215 notebooks to its line, with improvements for productivity and multimedia, to fit business people’s requirements and not only.
Satellite A215-S6804, Satellite A215-S6814 and Satellite A215-S6820 are powered by AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core Mobile processors, and come with Windows Vista operating system pre-installed, meant to deliver strong performance and reliability.

The latest Satellite A215 models have a 15.4-inch widescreen with TruBrite display technology, a built-in DVD Super Multi drive with Labelflash, built-in web camera, all these to ensure you can do anything you need with your notebook.
The software coming with the optical drive allows you to burn images and text on DVD-R disks for a polished and professional finish.



These are the new models from Toshiba, available at Toshiba Direct online store:

Satellite A215-S6820 notebook is available at ESUP $1,199.99 and has the Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit installed, an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL-64 clocked at 2.2 GHz with HyperTransport Technology at up to 1600MHz. It has a PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory of 3072MB with a maximum capacity of 4096MB.
The S-ATA HDD at 4200 rpm provides up to 300GB of data storage, while the graphics card is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 model with 128MB DDR discrete graphics memory and up to 255MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory using ATI HyperMemory technology.
There is also a wireless module and a fingerprint reader.

Next comes the Satellite A215-S6814 model available at ESUP $999.99, with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit, powered by the AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL-64 at 2.2 GHz with HyperTransport, 2048MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory, 250GB HDD (5400 RPM),an ATI Radeon X1200 with 128-319MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory and the wireless module.



Satellite A215-S6804 is priced at $899.99 ESUP and has the same operating system, plus a less powerful processor clocked at 2.0GHz with HyperTransport, 2048MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory, 250GB HDD storage (5400 RPM), and the ATI Radeon X1200 with 128-319MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory.
Of course it integrates a wireless module, webcam, microphone and the DVD burner, as the two previous models described.

Toshiba announced its improved Satellite 305 notebook line at CES 2008.
The ultra-portable notebooks are weighting now less than 4.6 pounds and have a 13.3-inch wide display with TruBrite technology and 1280x800 pixels resolution, to deliver a colorful viewing experience, and a built-in 1.3MP camera with microphone for videoconferences.



Several models from the line come with the 802.11n wireless protocol to make then capable of faster speeds compared with the previous standard.

Available at a starting price of $949.99, the Satellite U305 series is available online at Toshiba Direct.
Just to give you a general view of the prices and specification options I’ll show you an example of notebook configuration priced at ESUP $1,149.99.



The model is called Satellite U305-S2812 and comes with Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium operating system for the 32-bit processors, and is powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5550 clocked at 1.83GHz.
It integrates 2GB PC2-5300 DDR II SDRAM memory but you can extend it up to 4GB. The S-ATA hard drive offers a data storage of 250GB and 5400 rpm.



There is also a DVD Super-Multi optical drive and an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 64-251MB dynamically allocated shared graphics memory, plus built-in stereo speakers and Intel Wireless Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n) module.
Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and the fingerprint reader are not missing either.