Toshiba refreshes its business laptop line

Michelle Thatcher Former Senior Associate Editor, Laptops

Tech expert Michelle Thatcher grew up surrounded by gadgets and sustained by Tex-Mex cuisine. Life in two major cities--first Chicago, then San Francisco--broadened her culinary horizons beyond meat and cheese, and she's since enjoyed nearly a decade of wining, dining, and cooking up and down the California coast. Though her gadget lust remains, the practicalities of her small kitchen dictate that single-function geegaws never stay around for long.

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Michelle Thatcher

Feb. 7, 2006 9:23 a.m. PT

This morning, Toshiba began selling four new iterations of its business laptop models.

The $1,149 Tecra A6 will replace the Tecra A5, upgrading the thin-and-light with a 1.6GHz Intel Core Solo processor; 512MB of 533MHz RAM; and a 60GB, 5,400rpm hard drive.

The Tecra A7 updates the A4 model with a choice of 1.6GHz Core Solo or 1.83GHz Core Duo processors; integrated Intel or discrete Nvidia graphics; up to 512MB of 533MHz RAM; and an 80GB, 5,400rpm hard drive. Pricing starts at $1,199.

The $1,699 Tecra M5, which will replace the M3, includes a 1.8GHz Intel Core Duo processor; an Nvidia Quadro NVS 110M graphics card with 128MB of VRAM; 512MB of superfast, 667MHz RAM; and a 100GB, 5,400rpm hard drive.

Finally, the Portege M400 tablet, which starts at $1,699, updates the M200 model with a 1.6GHz Intel Core Solo processor; 512MB of 667MHz RAM; and an 80GB, 5,400rpm hard drive.

In keeping with their business bent, all of the new laptops incorporate EasyGuard, Toshiba's suite of security, connectivity, and customization tools, which includes a Trusted Platform Module (link goes to PDF file), hard drive disk protection, and optional fingerprint reader protection.

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