Toshiba is expanding its ultrathin laptop lineup with new systems built upon Advanced Micro Devices’ dual-core Neo platform.
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division announced the new ultrathin
laptops Jan. 6 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The
Toshiba news of its expanded Satellite T100 Series comes amid a host of
notebook announcements from other OEMs, including Asus, Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard and Acer’s Gateway unit.
The AMD Neo chip and accompanying ATI Radeon graphics technology are
key parts of the new ultra-thin laptop lineup for Toshiba, according to
company officials. AMD introduced the Neo platform
at CES in 2009, and rolled out a dual-core version later last year. The
Neo platform is aimed at ultrathin laptops, which are slightly larger
than the netbook systems that have grown in popularity in the wake of
Intel’s release of its Atom processor in 2008.
The new Satellite T100 systems, which will be available Jan. 17
starting at $499.99, are aimed at giving users performance and
multimedia capabilities at an affordable price, a balance that has
helped drive the adoption of ultrathin devices.
“The emergence of the low-cost ultrathin category has quickly proven
that consumers do not need to give up performance for mobility,” Carl
Pinto, vice president of product development for Toshiba’s Digital
Products Division, said in a statement.
The new Satellite T100 laptops, which are less than an inch thick
and weigh less than four pounds, come with a host of features,
including a full-size keyboard, a built-in Webcam with face recognition
technology and Microsoft’s Windows 7 Home Premium operating system.
They offer hard drives of up to 320GB, up to 4GB of memory and
several expansion ports. Some models also have built-in Wireless-N
Wi-Fi capabilities and Bluetooth technology.
The Satellite T135D, powered by AMD’s Turion Neo X2, Athlon Neo X2
or Athlon Neo MV-40 chips, will come with a 13.3-inch screen. The
T115D, with the Athlon Neo X2 or Neo MV-40 chip, will have an 11.6-inch
screen.
The systems also will come with Toshiba’s Media Controller software
pre-installed. The technology is designed to make it easier for users
to share content—including files, photos and streamed music and
video—throughout a wireless home network of Windows PCs and Windows
7-compatible devices.
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