New Toshiba notebooks highlight long-running trend
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Toshiba&#39;s new desktop-replacement multimedia notebooks, introduced on Tuesday, are further evidence that US consumers still have yet to embrace the mobility offered by Intel&#39;s newer mobile processors.
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The ultra-portable sector of the notebook industry over the last few years has become a showcase for the engineering prowess of the world's largest computer companies.
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Toshiba Storage Device Division today introduced new 80GB and 160GB 1.8-inch hard disks--the same size disk drives as are used in the iPod classic.
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(InfoWorld) - Toshiba has disclosed details of aÂ new range of laptop computersÂ based on processors from Advanced Micro DevicesÂ -- the first AMD-based machines the company has sold in about seven years. The Satellite A215 series laptops will be based on AMDâs Turion 64 X2 dual-core processors and also feature Radeon X1200 graphics from ATI, whichÂ AMD boughtÂ last year. Other specifications include a 15.4-inch widescreen display with 1,280 pixel by 800 pixel resolution, serial ATA (SATA) hard-disk drive and DVD super-multidrive, compatible with 11 disc formats, including DVD+/-R dual-layer discs. Toshiba stopped using AMD processors in its laptop computers in 2000, making its complete line Intel-only. The company didn't disclose the reason for dropping the chips, but about two years ago AMD alleged inÂ a lawsuit against IntelÂ that Toshiba had received a "very substantial" payment from Intel. Like other PC vendors, Toshiba was receiving "market development funds" from Intel worth about $25 million to $30 million per quarter and those would have been jeopardized if it used AMD chips, the lawsuit alleged. The case between AMD and Intel continues. In a statement Tuesday Toshiba said it has seen "increased consumer demand over the past two years for AMD-based platforms." The computers will be available built-to-order from Toshiba's online shop. A featured configuration, the Satellite A215-S4767, combines the Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL64 processor with 2GB of memory, a 250GB hard-disk drive, DVD supermulti drive, 802.11b/g wireless LAN, embedded Web cam, and fingerprint reader for $1,300. Â
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Higher capacity music players and laptop computers could be on the way thanks to a 100GB 1.8-inch hard drive coming from Toshiba in January.
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PC World is reporting that Toshiba will replace faulty memory modules in certain laptop PCs. &quot;The program covers 27 models notebook computers.
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Toshiba revealed a new high-performance chip aimed at multimedia applications such as video processing in consumer devices.
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New Dell and Lenovo notebooks include embedded wireless USB chips for connecting to peripherals.
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According to JCN Network, Toshiba has announced a new breakthrough technology in hard disk drives (HDD) based on perpendicular recording, setting new benchmarks for data density, boosting the capacity of a single 1.8-inch hard-disk platter to 40 gigabytes
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(InfoWorld) - Higher capacity laptop computers andÂ music players could be on the way thanks to a new hard-disk drive from ToshibaÂ that manages a 25 percent jump in storage space over current models. The new 1.8-inch hard-disk drive can store 100GB of information whereas current models hold a maximum of 80GB. The drives are about the same size as a PC Card and are commonly used in music players, like Apple Computer's iPod, and compact laptop computers. Toshiba plans to start mass producing the drives in January next year. The company doesn't sell them direct to end-users but to other companies for integration into their products. In the past device makers have typically incorporated higher capacity drives quickly into their products. The drive will be on show at the Consumer Electronic Show, which takes place in Las Vegas from Jan. 8 to 11. Toshiba first developed a 1.8-inch drive in 2000. The device, which was at the time the highest capacity such drive available, could hold up to 2GB of data and cost around Â¥80,000 ($740 at the time). Today the drives have not only risen in capacity but also fallen in price to the point where an Apple iPod, which includes an 80GB drive and color screen, costs $349.
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Toshiba announced this week that it is aiming to sell laptop computers loaded with its next generation DVD drive by next year. Toshiba&#39;s next generation standard, called HD DVD, is in competition with the
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MANHASSET, NY - Toshiba Corp. has announced a voluntary exchange program for memory modules in some of its notebook PCs after identifying a module problem that could cause the PCs to exhibit blue screens
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Toshiba is close to commercializing a new data storage technology that could significantly increase the capacity of hard-disk drives, it said Tuesday.
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Notebooks, PCs in five year franchise
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InfoWorld - Notebook PCs coming out this year will likely include more colorful screens thanks to LED (light emitting diode) backlights and Blu-ray Disc optical drives this year, an executive fromÂ Micro-Star International (MSI)Â says, as well as more environmentally friendly attributes.
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There&#39;s no doubt that Apple&#39;s latest notebook computer is a joy to look at. The enormous 17in widescreen means you can watch films on it at a size approaching that of a television, and the brushed aluminium finish is undeniably stylish.
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New 1.8-inch hard drives may boost battery life in portable devices.