Get ready for a flood of
Centrino 2 laptops, kids -- hot on the heels of Intel's
big announcement and
Sony and
Lenovo's updated lineups comes Toshiba with the new Satellite Pro S300, Tecra M10 and A10, and Qosmio X305, F55 and Cell-based G55. The Qosmios actually aren't that new -- all three of them
were initially announced back in June, but they're actually available now, with the gaming-oriented X305 exclusive to Best Buy. The $1,299 Satellite Pro S300 (pictured) is a little more interesting, with a 2.4GHz P8600 Core 2 Duo on Centrino 2's 1066MHz bus and Intel 4500MD integrated graphics powering a 15.4-inch display, as well as sleep-and-charge USB ports and a docking port. The more business-oriented Tecra lappies also get a similar Centrino 2 treatment, sharing a motherboard design to reduce repair costs. The $1,399 M10 sports a 14.1-inch screen, while the 15.4-inch A10's pricing hasn't been announced. Pictures of the new Tecras after the break.
Read - Satellite Pro S300
Read - Tecra A10 and M10
Read - Qosmio X305
Read - Qosmio G55
Read - Qosmio F55
Tecra A10
Tecra M10
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
El Taco @ Jul 15th 2008 1:49AM
If the arrow keys weren't on the right side in both pictures, I would've thought the pictures for the A10 and the M10 were the same picture but flipped.
AC @ Jul 15th 2008 1:59AM
They look too plain and boxy for that price
Adderz @ Jul 15th 2008 2:33AM
Could they POSSIBLY be any uglier. Its obvious design sells, with underpowered machines such as the Macbook Air selling. But it seems most PC manufacturers still cant get it right.
It really cant be that hard, these look like machines from 5 years ago.
tomokazu.osada @ Jul 15th 2008 3:01AM
very interesting choice to offset the touch pad
tomo
Information Central @ Jul 15th 2008 3:02AM
But do they have dumb-ass glossy screens?
Greg Tommers @ Jul 15th 2008 3:09AM
Toshiba laptops are such pieces of crap. If I had a dollar for every POS laptop they built which ended up breaking down every five minutes (only to be momentarily fixed with the same defective part), and then resulted in a string of class action lawsuits ... I'd be very wealthy ... VERY VERY wealthy. I would only recommend Toshiba laptops to my mortal enemies. And even then I would feel a little bad about it.
RayNbow @ Jul 15th 2008 7:51AM
My Satellite Pro 490CDT and Tecra 8100 are still up and running? :p
XenoX101 @ Jul 15th 2008 10:15AM
Very attractive, if it is lighter than it looks, I'd be interested. Aesthetically this is a very well designed laptop.
Orinjz @ Jul 15th 2008 10:42AM
Wow, there have just been *so* many amazing looking laptops posted on Engadget today. Shame this isn't one of them.
Yeah, I know that it's what's under the hood that really counts, but when I look at the others that have been posted today which haven't made any major comprimises to power with regards to their form, I can't help wonder why Tosh are putting out a laptop line which is as big and bulky looking as my flatmate's 3 year old Toshiba Satellite.
jak0b @ Jul 15th 2008 12:33PM
Any word on when toshiba is gonna upgrade/make a new Portegé r500? - i don't just mean a hdd upgrade...
xB Owner @ Jul 15th 2008 1:23PM
It's about time. I've been waiting for the F55-Q503 since the new Qosmio line was first announced. I was getting sick of looking through cached Circuit City and other online stores. I should be picking one up shortly.
dosguy @ Jul 15th 2008 5:21PM
But will it play back 1080i and 720p content from the HD?
ce @ Jul 19th 2008 3:29PM
Did anyone else misread the title as "Satellite Pro $300?"
I feel rather silly now...and disappointed.
punksmurph @ Aug 22nd 2008 8:12PM
I don't think these are the cutting edge high price front page notebooks. These things will sell in the thousands to businesses and budget buyers. I do have to give Toshiba props for the Cell processor in the Qosmio, its a lot to carry around but its might actually play Crisis.