MacNN | Portege News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Portege, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Toshiba ships pro Windows 7 notebooks http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/toshiba.outs.updated.windows.7.notebooks/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/toshu500intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba released updated Satellite Pro, Tecra and Portégé business notebooks on Tuesday to get its work PCs onboard with Windows 7. The Satellite Pro line features new screen sizes, including traditional 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch displays as well as a 13.3-inch touchscreen. Most of these business-oriented notebooks will ship with Windows XP Professional and Windows 7 Professional on separate DVDs so... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/toshiba.outs.updated.windows.7.notebooks/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:15:00 GMT Economy stifling market for SSD notebooks http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/ssd.notebooks.hurt/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/macbookair-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The economic crunch is making a major impact on the viability of solid-state drives in notebooks, according to new research from iSuppli. As prices for the NAND flash memory that form the heart of these drives have in some cases more than doubled -- 128 percent for a 2GB chip -- the costs for the SSDs themselves have gone up proportionately, making it difficult or occasionally impossible to offer... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/ssd.notebooks.hurt/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:05:00 GMT Toshiba brings new Portégés, Tecras to US http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/14/new.porteges.tecras.in.us/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/toshibaporteger600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba today quickly followed up its Canada-first notebook launches with their American equivalents. The Portégé lineup gets three updates that include the R600, its ultra-lightweight 12-inch portable that weighs 2.4 pounds while still carrying a 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo, an internal DVD burner and up to a 128GB solid-state drive for storage; the upgrade further boasts a better LED-backlit, transflecti... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/14/new.porteges.tecras.in.us/ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:35:00 GMT Toshiba launches lighter R600 notebook, intros Tecra http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/09/toshiba.intros.notebooks/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/toshibar600.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba Canada recently bolstered its notebook lineup with four new products, including an all-new Tecra R10 premium notebook meant for business users, which the company is touting as the fastest and most secure Toshiba notebook to date, a Wednesday report reveals. The remaining three include updated ultra portable Portégé-series notebooks with the A600 and an update to the R600, while a new M750 ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/09/toshiba.intros.notebooks/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:20:00 GMT Toshiba intros 12.1-inch DynaBook NX with SSD http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/29/toshiba.intros.dynabook.nx/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0809/toshibadynabooknxintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba on Monday announced it will soon launch the DynaBook NX notebook, which will be available either with a 128GB solid-state drive or conventional 160GB hard-disk. The 12.1-inch display is LED-backlit and combines with an onboard GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset to drive HD movie playback. Thanks in part to the use of Intelës newer 45nm, ultra-low voltage 1.2GHz Core 2 Duo processor, Toshiba rate... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/29/toshiba.intros.dynabook.nx/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:10:00 GMT Toshiba brings first 128GB SSD notebook to US http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/17/toshiba.r500.128gb.ssd/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/toshibaporteger500-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A second announcement from Toshiba sees the US release of what it says is the first notebook with a 128GB solid-state drive. The Portégé R500-S5007V exploits the company's in-house 128GB drive to double the storage available in a very thin ultraportable while still keeping the incidental benefits of an SSD, such as very quick response times as well as the better battery life and skip-proof nature... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/17/toshiba.r500.128gb.ssd/ Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:55:00 GMT Toshiba first with 128GB SSD drive notebook http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/17/toshiba.128gb.ssd.rx1/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/toshibassrx1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshibaís Japan-only new Dynabook SS RX1 is the first ever notebook to offer a 128GB solid-state drive (SSD), matching the storage capacity of conventional hard-disk drives with the speeds associated with flash drives. The model will be available about nine months after Toshiba also unveiled the first laptop with a 64GB SSD drive. In North America, the RX1ís equivalent is the Portégé R500, alread... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/17/toshiba.128gb.ssd.rx1/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:10:00 GMT Toshiba offers up fast Portégé M700 tablet PC http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/10/toshiba.portege.m700/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0712/toshibaportegem700.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Toshiba on Monday has capitalized on last-minute holiday sales by announcing the Portégé M700. While a tablet like some earlier models, the new 12.1-inch system is built for a level of speed not often found in the class: a base system starts with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo with an 800MHz bus and optionally scales up to the latest 2.6GHz model. The M700 also distinguishes itself by including both active a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/10/toshiba.portege.m700/ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT