Toshiba Satellite Pro 400 Hands-On (SlashGear)

Bree over at SlashGear has posted their hands-on experience with the Toshiba Satellite Pro 400, Toshiba’s latest 13.3-inch laptop. The unit reviewed had one of Intel’s latest CPUs, the Intel T8100 Penryn 2.1GHz processor.

They compared it to a regular Toshiba Satellite, and while it lacked some of the multimedia features of the regular, the non-glossy finish held up much better - it looked more “professional” and more importantly, hid fingerprints (something that bugs a lot of people).

They found the keyboard to be sturdier than others in its class, and felt the price was a good value (in fact, the price for non-Penryn models at some online retailers such as Amazon has dropped to $877).

Read:
- SlashGear - review
- SlashGear - Unboxing

Toshiba Portege R500-S5007V Announced

While I would take issue with Akihabara’s announcement that the new model of the Toshiba Portege R500 is “The World’s First Laptop with 128GB SSD” (since Toshiba announced the Portege R500-12Q for European customers back in April), it’s still a good sign that Toshiba is releasing more R500s with 128GB Solid State Drives (SSDs), especially as this model is targeted towards North American users.

In fact, this appears to be the first ultraportable laptop in North America with a 128GB SSD. It does appear to be identical to the Toshiba Portege R500-12Q.

Specifications:
- 12.1-inch LED-backlit display
- Transflective display for outdoor viewing
- Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 Ultra Low Voltage CPU (1.33GHz)
- 2GB Memory
- Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics
- Bluetooth 2.0
- 2.4 pounds
- Internal DVD Writer
- Meets EPEAT Gold laptop and Energy Star 4.0 standards
- More than 8 hours battery life (depending on configuration)
- 32-bit Windows Vista Business

You do pay a price for that 128GB of storage: $2,999

Read: Akihabara News

Toshiba Portege M800 Announced

The Toshiba Portege M800 was announced yesterday in Europe. It appears to be a “limited edition” and only available in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It might be a replacement for the Toshiba Portege M600, however that doesn’t make sense unless the market is expanded.

It has a Pearl White finish, and an exterior texture similar to some of Toshiba’s other recent laptop releases.

Specifications:
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- 13.3-inch Widescreen Display
- Around 4.4 pounds
- Intel GMA X3100 graphics

No word on pricing or availability elsewhere.

Via: Tech Digest
Press Release/Notes: Notebook Italia (in Italian)

Toshiba R500 Review (Gear Diary)

Over the weekend, Gear Diary published a new review of the The Toshiba Portege R500, Toshiba’s high-end 12.1-inch ultraportable laptop with an LED-backlit display.

Part of what makes this a little more high-end than other 12.1-inch laptops is that the particular model reviewed has a 64GB flash memory-based Solid State Drive (SSD), similar to the 13-inch Apple MacBook Air. In theory, an SSD can decrease the weight slightly, as well as increase the battery life and the response (in certain situations).

The review noted that even though the R500 gets down to around MacBook Air specs when it comes to thinness and size, it has quite a few more ports which is a big advantage, however they did not consider the display to be on par with the Air’s.

Review: Gear Diary

New Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC Spotted?

There is a new article up along with a couple of photos concerning what could be a new Fujitsu LifeBook Tablet PC over at TabletPCReview.com. It appears to be a new 13.3-inch LifeBook tablet/convertible spotted at a presentation given by Fujitsu in Germany.

The 13.3-inch touchscreen display is a passive digitizer. It’s powered by a low voltage Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 (2.26GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 25W).

As pointed out, it could be a replacement for the Fujitsu LifeBook T2010, since with the latest displays and the lowered power consumption, it could come very close to the size of the T2010 even with a 13.3″ display.

Article/Photos: TabletPCReview.com

Toshiba U405-S2824 : $799 (w/Rebates - US)

There is currently a special on the recently released Toshiba Satellite U405 - $799 after $200 in discounts/rebates.

The special is being offered by Office Depot

Specifications:
- 13.3″ Widescreen Display
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 (1.83GHz)
- Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
- 3GB Memory
- 250GB Hard Drive

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