Toshiba releases business-minded Tecra A8 laptop

Toshiba has gone a bit "lappy happy" this week, announcing yet another 15.4-inch machine to join the two new notebooks and nine new configurations of current models that we spotted earlier. This time around, the company is targeting corporate IT buyers looking for durability on the cheap, playing up the new Tecra A8's suite of EasyGuard technology -- which features the same hard drive and keyboard protection, biometric security, and one-touch presentation button found in the consumer-level LifeSmart package. As far as specs go, you can choose from among a number of setups sporting either Celeron M or Core Duo processors, 512MB or 1GB of RAM, between 60GB and 100GB worth of storage, CD/DVD combo drive or DVD SuperMulti drive, and 802.11b/g WiFi from Atheros or 802.11a/b/g from Intel. Available immediately, these models range from $700 for the Celeron M config to $1,349 for a rig packing a T2400 CPU and that dual-layer burner.

[Via Mobile Tech Review]

[vibrokatana @ Jun 29th 2006 10:55AM]

Why do companies keep on releasing the "same" notebook over and over again. I want something new. Same proc, same memory, same hard drive, same chassis, why do they even bother...

[Danny @ Jun 29th 2006 11:49AM]

Because they hate you.