Toshiba Released Three Notebooks for Dual-Core Gamers

Toshiba has just launched three Satellite P100 notebooks - ST9012, ST0412 and ST9612 - with Intel Core Duo CPUs, 512MB Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX graphics, and Express Media Player remote controls, that are said to deliver easy access to several multimedia functions, CD, DVD, and other features without booting Windows, informs Hardware Central.

The Satellite P100-ST9012 ($1,999) has a Core Duo T2400 (1.83GHz) processor, 1GB of DDR-2/533 memory, a 1,440 by 900 screen, and an 80GB hard disk, an the other version of the series - the ST0412 - includes a Core Duo T2500 (2.0GHz), 1GB of DDR-2/667, a 100GB hard drive, and 1.680 x 1.050 pixels resolution. The $2,899 Satellite P100-ST9612 is said to boot memory to 2GB. Unfortunately, the technical details are limited, as the information was made official only in Japanese.

All three notebooks seem to weigh 7.1 pounds and feature a 17-inch-diagonal TruBrite widescreen display, the so trendy Bluetooth wireless capability and dual-layer DVD�RW burner. Moreover, the gaming laptops offer Intel's Pro/Wireless 3945ABG, Harman/Kardon stereo speakers, and, of course, Microsoft's Windows XP Professional package.

The Satellite P100-ST9012 will be available on the retail market at $1,999, ST0412 - $2,400 and the last version - the Satellite P100-ST9612 - at $2,899. The launch date has not yet been revealed.

It seems that Toshiba has decided to conquer the technology world, as it has launched, only in the previous week, no less than five products and services.

The last of them, released on Friday, is probably Toshiba's most important development - the Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) memory card - with a storage capacity of 4GB. This card has been 'discharged' only a few days after SD Card Association (SDA) has launched a new standard - the 2.0.

Toshiba representatives said that the company's latest memory card will feature a minimum SD Speed Class Rating of 4 MB/s, an innovation if you are to consider the fastest 2GB SD cards now available on the market, which deliver an average minimum write speed of 20 MB/s. Moreover, Toshiba promises to increase the capacity by no less than 32 GB.

"In the future, cards up to 32-gigabytes can be developed that conform to this standard. These higher capacity memory cards are intended for use in applications such as digital video cameras and digital cameras capable of recording video segments and high-resolution pictures, or to provide storage for a larger number of digital photos," said Toshiba's representatives.