The Satellite A205 and Qosmio F45 laptops provide HD DVD drives and entertainment options to more users at an affordable price, said Ronald Ching, a Toshiba spokesman. The company introduced HD DVD drives in Qosmio G35-AV650 laptops last year.
The Satellite A205-S7468 includes an HD DVD-ROM drive and a 720p high-definition screen so users can watch HD movies. Priced at US$1,150, the laptop will run on an Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 processor, with a 200G-byte hard drive, 2G bytes of RAM (expandable to 4G bytes), 802.11a/g/n wireless networking, Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator card and a webcam. It runs the Windows Vista Home Premium OS and weighs around 6 pounds (2.7 kilograms).
This is the first Satellite with a 15.4-inch screen to have an HD DVD-ROM drive, said Anthony Aponte, a Toshiba spokesman.
Toshiba also announced the Qosmio F45-AV425 laptop, which includes an HD DVD drive, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) ports to stream high-definition images to external devices and Harman Kardon stereo speakers with a built-in subwoofer. The $1,649 laptop is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 processor, with 2G bytes of memory, a 15.4-inch screen, 300G-byte hard drive, Nvidia Corp. GeForce 8600M GT graphics card, 802.11a/g/n wireless networking, webcam and fingerprint reader. It runs the Windows Vista Ultimate OS and weighs around 6.6 pounds.
The laptops are available on Toshiba's Web site.
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