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    New Toshiba Satellite Notebooks: Satellite A70, Satellite A60

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Andrew Baxter, Jun 15, 2004.

  1. Andrew Baxter

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    Toshiba has added three new notebooks to its lineup. The new Satellite A70-256 and Satellite A60-166 use the newest Mobile Pentium 4 chips and the Satellite A60-156 is a budget machine that uses an Intel Celeron processor.


    Toshiba Satellite A70 Notebook


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    Satellite A70 Notebook


    The Satellite A70 series notebook comes with a Mobile Pentium 4 3.06GHz processor, 60GB hard drive, 512MB of memory and a 15.4-inch wide screen, integrated 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. The operating system included is Microsof XP Professional and the Microsoft Office OneNote software also comes bundled, a $199 value. The warranty included is 1-year parts and labor. This notebook is intended as a high-end performance machine yet it is still in a form factor that is mobile and so is not a pure desktop replacement. The Satellite A70 is available from Toshiba now for $1499:


    http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-27944&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021


    Toshiba Satellite A60 Notebook


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    Satellite A60 Notebook


    The Satellite A60-166 uses a Mobile Pentium 4 chip running at 2.8GHz. The Satellite A60-156 comes with a Celeron 2.8GHz processor, which is not as powerful as the Pentium, even though it has the same clockspeed. Both A60 machines, the A60-156 and A60-166 come with a 40GB hard drive (4200 RPM), 256MB of memory, 15-inch XGA screen, ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 with 32MB of shared video memory, DVD/CD-RW and integrated 802.11g Wi-Fi. The A60-156is pricedat $1019 while the A60-166is pricedat $1249 and is available now from Toshiba:


    http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-27932&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021


     
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  2. Underpantman

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    Is it just me or is toshi going backwards with their GPUs???? what's with the integrate ATI 7000, and 9000, esp with the tag of a high end power machine on the A70, shouldn't it have a FX5600 or ATI9600 at least?????
    v.disappointing!
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    Underpantman, Jun 16, 2004
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  3. airwick

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    time to short toshiba stock.. they've gone backwards from their superfine screen with exclusive powerpointish remote on teh sates to this garbage when p4 is being phased out soon anwyz... hmm they wasted R&D [ :(!]
     
    airwick, Jun 16, 2004
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  4. Underpantman

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    Gee this article hasn't raised much of a stir. Perhaps this is a reflection of the splash that these notebooks haven't made????
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    Underpantman, Jun 21, 2004
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