Toshiba Puts DVD-RW Into Notebooks
News Toshiba's new DVD burner is designed to turn notebook PCs into portable multimedia studios. But the DVD-burner manufacturers are currently waging a battle between DVD-RW and DVD+RW formats, reminiscent of the VHS versus Betamax conflict that...
[September 30, 2002, 15:12]
HP Rounds Out Notebook Lineup
News Toshiba and also Sony have each announced plans to add DVD burner notebooks to their notebook lineups this month. One thing that HP does not have yet is a DVD burner in a notebook. With the new systems, HP is guarding against advances by Toshiba...
[October 17, 2002, 16:54]
Toshiba Notebooks Aimed At Small Businesses
News All of the Satellites include wireless networking and a combination CD burner/DVD-ROM drive. One, a 17-inch screen Satellite dubbed P25-S509, comes with a wide-angle screen, a 2.8GHz Pentium 4 processor, 512MB of RAM, a 80GB hard drive, a DVD...
[October 22, 2003, 13:10]
Gateway Unveils New Sub-$1000 Notebook
News When rebates and special offers are applied, the machines often end up near the $799 mark as well, and the companies are also touting attractive features such as 15-inch screens and combination CD burner/DVD-ROM drives.
[August 22, 2003, 15:35]
Smallest Laptops Lose Weight
News The machine, which will cost about $2,300, will come with a 14-inch display, a 1.7GHz Pentium M, 512MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive, a combination CD-burner/DVD-ROM and Intel's combination 802.11a/g wireless module, Sony said.
[February 4, 2004, 7:35]
Computer Makers Get Ready For Seasonal Battle
News But in early October it is expected to introduce its holiday lineup, which will include the first notebook to be sold with a DVD burner, sources familiar with its plans said. As the traditionally big-selling Christmas seaon approaches, Toshiba is...
[September 26, 2002, 6:27]
Acer Widens Notebook Screen
News The entry-level model, the AS1711SCi-XPHome model, includes a 2.8GHz Pentium 4, 512MB of RAM, an 80GB hard drive, a combination CD-burner/DVD-ROM drive and 802.11g wireless. The notebook model will also sport 1GB of RAM, a DVD burner, Nvidia's...
[March 3, 2004, 10:35]
ThinkPad Notebook Goes Desktop
News A ThinkPad G40 configured with the high-end options -- a 3GHz Pentium 4, 15-inch display, a CD burner and wireless networking -- will cost about $2,000 when it becomes available, an IBM representative said.
[April 22, 2003, 14:48]
Sony Adds Broadband To Digital Video Recorder
News The combination of a hard drive with a DVD burner is also a relatively new feature -- and a controversial one, given the entertainment industry's fears about digital piracy. Some current and announced products, including devices from Toshiba and...
[April 4, 2003, 13:16]
Consumer Sales Boost Notebook Market
News It packs a 2GHz Intel Celeron chip, 512MB of RAM, a 40GB hard drive, a combination CD burner/DVD-ROM drive and a 15-inch TFT screen. In October 1998, Toshiba's newest Satellite 2515CDS sold for $1,399 and included a 266MHz Intel Pentium processor...
[March 26, 2003, 15:58]
Panasonic Breaks £200 DVD-RAM Barrier
News Panasonic claims a number of PC manufacturers as customers of the DVD Burner, including IBM, Gateway, Fujitsu, Hitachi, NEC, Sharp, Toshiba, Mesh and Time. Ogawa pointed out that the DVD Burner I, launched less than a year ago, cost over £500 and...
[March 7, 2003, 16:36]
The Week In Review
News Philips showed a good-looking double-speed write, six-speed read CD burner that supports the hot new UDF format. Watch out everybody, Toshiba's desktops are coming next Easter. This was the week that Novell came back in from the cold with a tidy...
[December 6, 1996, 16:48]
Intel Delivers Cheaper Pentium Ms
News The Tecra model pairs the Pentium M 715 with a 15-inch screen, 512MB of RAM, a 60GB hard drive and a combination CD-burner/DVD-ROM drive for $1,599 (£879). Toshiba incorporated the chip into its Tecra A2, a notebook designed for businesses.
[June 23, 2004, 16:20]
