Toshiba Qosmio and Portege M400 Tablet PC Notebooks at CES 2006 (pics, specs)

At the CES 2006 show Toshiba had on display the next generation 17" screen Qosmio notebook with the new Intel Core Duo processor and an HD-DVD drive. Also on display was thePortege M400 Tablet PC, the first Tablet PC deviceto carry an Intel dual core processor.

Toshiba Qosmio Dual Core

Toshiba Qosmio dual core notebook (view larger image)

Toshiba Qosmio keyboard -- notice the HD-DVDsticker(view larger image)

Toshiba Qosmio playing a movie at CES 2006 (view larger image)

Toshiba Qosmio left side view (view larger image)

Toshiba hasn't announced a model number for the new dual core processor Qosmio yet, but they did have the dual core Qosmio notebook on display and say it will be available in about the March time frame.Some anticipatedbasicspecs for this machine are as follows:

• Intel Core Duo processor
• HD-DVD drive
• nVidia GeForce Go 7800
• 17-inch widescreen (glossy finish)
• Dolby surround sound
• Windows Media Center 2005
• Integrated Analog TV Tuner

ToshibaPortege M400 Tablet PC

Also on display from Toshiba was thePortege M400 Tablet PC notebook convertible device. The M400 is a follow up to the M200 Tablet PC that's currently available. The M400 should be available in about the February/March time frame. The M400 will be the firstTablet PCto carry the new Intel Core Duo Napa platform processor.

Toshiba Portege M400 at CES 2006 (view larger image)

The Toshiba M400 uses the Intel T2400 processor 1.83GHz dual core processor (view larger image)

View more pictures and information on the Toshiba M400 at TabletPCReviewSpot.com.

 

Well, it looks as if the Qosmio's desgin remains basically the same, but gets some nice "under-the-hood" changes. Nice to finally see a dual-core tablet PC!

 

Isn't the M400 in the protégé line rather than the tecra line?

 

Nope. As far as I know, that model doesn't exist, at least here it the US.

 

Sorry about this other post (for some reason, I can't edit my posts ) but actually the M4000 might be be an offshot of the M2000, which is in fact in the Protégé line.

 

Toshiba also includes HDMI support so that so you can hook up the Qosmio into your HDTV for a true home-theater experience. I might just get one.

Toshiba also recently released the Satellite A100, which replaces the M40 series. At the moment though, the A100 is not being offered with the Core Duo chips. I wonder if and when this might change.

 

You guys are right, well sorta, in the U.S. here they put the M200 in the Portege line (Protege is a slightly different meaning word!). Thanks for correcting that, I updated the post to reflect Portege instead of Tecra!

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?coid=-26373&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021&seg=HHO&sel=1

 

Ohh, i always misred protégé, never paid attention to it. There's no portégé line elsewhere than northamerica? Where do they fit in other places?

 

On the Qosmio...

1) What's the native screen resolution? It better not STILL be a WXGA+ screen. When will they offer WSXGA+ like everybody else?

2) This is probably not mentioned, but what will the pricing be? It would have gone down just because, but that HD-DVD drive may jack the price back up to $3000.

 

here's an article where they get into the resolution support a bit more for the new Qosmio http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/07/ces2006_toshibaqosmio_hddvd/

 

Qosmio seem to come with HDDVD player. IF the price is not too exorbitant (close to 2k ) then I would love to get one. Even though blu ray might kill HDDVD eventually, it wont hurt to have a HDDVD player.

 

Can anyone get there hands on the wallpaper on the new Portege M400?

 

Toshiba has hd-dvd drive. Sony should try to install blu ray drive on their sony laptop. Toshiba Qosmio might be closer to 3k than 2k. too expensive for an average person to pay.

 

Is that a PCMCIA slot or is it the new express card thing?