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Toshiba offers new budget notebooks

Toshiba has released a new Satellite notebook series targeting first-time notebook buyers and budget-conscious customers. Starting at $1,149, the Satellite 1000 and 1005 notebooks feature a 1.06GHz Intel Celeron chip, 256MB of RAM, a 15GB hard drive, a 14.1-inch active-matrix display and a DVD-ROM drive. The notebooks are also equipped with a bay that enables people to switch between optical and floppy drives, or add a hard drive.

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Toshiba has released a new Satellite notebook series targeting first-time notebook buyers and budget-conscious customers. Starting at $1,149, the Satellite 1000 and 1005 notebooks feature a 1.06GHz Intel Celeron chip, 256MB of RAM, a 15GB hard drive, a 14.1-inch active-matrix display and a DVD-ROM drive. The notebooks are also equipped with a bay that enables people to switch between optical and floppy drives, or add a hard drive.