Four New Toshiba Satellite Laptops
June 11, 2009
Toshiba has plans of releasing four new Satellite laptops this summer in the UK. They are the A500, the U500, the L500 and the L550 laptops.
The Toshiba Satellite L550 Laptop is the largest among the foursome, with a 17.3” 1600 x 900 pixels screen. This screen employs power saving LED back-light technology. The Toshiba Satellite L500 Laptop has a 15.6” screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. Both these laptops feature the HD TruBrite display technology. They share common specifications otherwise as well. You can choose between an Intel processor and an AMD processor for either of the laptops. The hard drives have a capacity of 500GB. A DVD drive each is also present in the mobile computers. Internet connectivity can be achieved either with the wired Ethernet connection or with WiFi. Bluetooth compatibility is offered as well. Ports and connections featured include an HDMI socket, 2 USB 2.0 ports, an eSATA/USB combination port, a 4-in-1 bridge media slot and a VGA camera with Toshiba’s native face recognition technology.
The Toshiba Satellite A500 Notebook is a 16 incher widescreen multimedia and gaming device, with a display resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels. It has a TV tuner built into it. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor will be powering up this machine from the inside. You can opt for an AMD processor too. A spacious 8GB RAM and a 500GB hard drive or a 64GB solid state drive are as well present. For graphics, the ATI Mobility Radeon HD GPU is employed and a 1GB memory is reserved for graphics. This notebook also sports HDMI ports with the REGZA LINK technology. Harman Kardon speakers are used in this laptop too.
The Toshiba Satellite U500 Notebook is the smallest among the lot. It has a 13.3” screen which presents a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. On the inside, you will find an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 8GB RAM, 500GB hard drive and an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 GPU. It is expected to be available in Brown Luxe.
Either of these laptops are integrated with a DVD drive, a high definition web camera and a 5-in-1 card reader each. They have multi-touch touchpads too. Wifi and Bluetooth are supported by both notebooks as well.




























