Five new laptops from Toshiba today. I know the above photo only shows four and I want you to know that we’re doing everything we can to find the fifth one. I speak for the rest of the CrunchGear staff when I tell you that we won’t sleep until we find the — oh, I guess the third one from the left has two different configurations; one with Intel processors and one with AMD processors. Sorry for the false alarm there.
Price: $699 to $999
OS: Vista Home Basic or XP Professional
CPU: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TK-57, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60, Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T5870, AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-62, or Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100
RAM: 1GB or 2GB PC2-5300
Storage: 120GB or 160GB HDD (5400rpm)
Display: 15.4″ WXGA (1280×800)
More: The L300 line is Toshiba’s basic offering. It’s a bit odd that the two OS choices are Vista Home Basic or XP Professional since one’s for home and one’s for business.
Price: $999 to $1,149
OS: XP Professional
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo T8100 or T8300
RAM: 1GB or 2GB PC2-5300
Storage: 160GB HDD (5400rpm)
Display: 14.1″ WXGA (1280×800)
More: Pitched as a thin-and-light machine, the 14.1-inch M300 weighs over five pounds and looks a bit thick.
Price: $1,049
OS: XP Professional
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo T8100
RAM: 1GB PC2-5300
Storage: 160GB HDD (5400RPM)
Display: 13.3″ WXGA (1280×800)
More: This one’s a little lighter at 4.5 pounds, but it still looks kind of chunky. In fact, ALL of these laptops look the same, don’t they?
Price: $1,099
OS: XP Professional
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo T8100
RAM: 2GB PC2-5300
Storage: 160GB HDD (5400RPM)
Display: 17″ WXGA+ (1440×900)
More: A somewhat affordable big-screen laptop, although the Intel GMA X3100 graphics card takes this unit right out of desktop replacement contention.