Toshiba launches 14-inch widescreen, sub-$1,000 notebook
By Keith Shaw, NetworkWorld.com, 06/15/05
This notebook is so affordable it's possible even our own IT department might buy one for us. [Ed. Note: We're just kidding!] Toshiba's Digital Products Division this week launched the Tecra A5 series of notebooks. The dockable notebook designed for business includes a 14-inch diagonal widescreen display and can be used with a docking station. The notebook begins at under $1,000 and will be available later this month through Toshiba's channels and Web site.
The Tecra A5 weighs less than 5 pounds and measures 1.2-inches thin, Toshiba says. The company is also offering its EasyGuard software utility that aims to improve system connectivity and performance on the notebooks. It also includes the ConfigFree utility, which includes wireless network location features (displays nearby active access points or Bluetooth); a Connectivity Doctor app that analyzes the network connection and can fix problems; and ConfigFree Summit, an application that lets users connect to nearby computers and share documents with other members.
The Tecra A5 comes in two recommended configurations, the A5-S116 and A5-S416. The A5-S416 includes Intel Centrino Mobile Technology, an Intel Pentium M processor 730 processor, and Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 BG Network Connection. The A5-S116 includes an Intel Celeron M processor and an integrated Atheros 802.11b/g wireless card.
The A5-S416 includes:
· Pentium M Processor 730 (1.6 GHz, 533 MHz front side bus, 2M-bytes of L2 cache)
· 14-inch WXGA resolution display (1,280 by 768 native resolution)
· Mobile Intel 915GM Express Chipset
· NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200 (with TurboCache support) graphics card.
· 512M-bytes DDR 333 MHz memory
· 40G-byte hard drive (5,400 rpm)
· CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical drive
· Intel Pro/Wireless 200BG Network Connection (802.11/bg)
· 6-cell lithium ion battery (4300 mAh)
· Windows XP Professional
The A5-S116 includes:
· Intel Celeron M Processor 370 (1.5 GHz, 400 MHz front side bus)
· 14-inch WXGA display
· Mobile Intel 915GM Express Chipset
· Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 graphics card (up to 128M-bytes of UMA video memory)
· 256M-bytes of DDR 333 MHz memory
· 40G-byte hard drive (5,400 rpm)
· CD-RW/DVD-ROM optical drive
· Atheros 802.11b/g wireless card (internal)
· 6-cell lithium ion battery (4300 mAh)
· Windows XP Professional
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