Earlier this week we covered Pocketlint’s review of Toshiba’s first foray into the competitive netbook market with the new NB100, which according to Toshiba is aimed at “schoolchildren, senior citizens, and mobile workers who do not require the processor power or range of functions of a full-sized laptop”.

Hot on the heels of this news also comes the announcement, that two more offerings, this time targeted at the business-end of the market, are about to hit the streets. The Portégé A600 and Portégé R600 are both 12.1-inch models and contain more features and higher-end specs than the NB100.

The A600 is the weightier of the two coming in at 1.46kg, runs on Intel’s Centrino 2 processor and comes with 3GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive. In contrast the high-end R600 is targeted at “style-conscious business users” and weighs in at just 979g. Also running Intel’s Centrino 2 processor it features a 128GB solid state disk (SSD). Both come with spill-resistant keyboards and fingerprint readers as standard.

You can read more about the tech specs here.

The world and his dog are attempting (or pretending at least) to go green at the moment, and for companies across the world, there is an entire dictionary of popular eco-related buzzwords that must be adhered too.

However, according to those over at gadgettell.com, “Toshiba are taking a different approach”, and are aiming to recycle 12 million pounds of electronics in the US by 2010. Agreeing to recycle any kind of e-waste, “Toshiba will accept any sort of electronics from cell phones to computer to video game systems, all without having to buy a single thing” – unlike Dell, who only deal with Dell branded items.

Even better in these dark days of economic decline, “Toshiba will even pay you for recycling as a trade-in (which, admittedly Best Buy has offered before).  For example, my two year old MacBook Pro would get me $325, and a $25 Starbucks gift card.  Not bad” says the correspondent “if I wanted to get rid of my computer.”

For more information, click here – and search out those old devices – they could be worth a few quid.

Im Forum von channelpartner.de, wo Händler für Händler Produkte Test, gab es gestern gleich einen doppelten Auftritt für Toshiba. Zum einen wurde das Toshiba Tecra S5-15T getestet und zum anderen musste das Portégé R500 gegen das Fujitsu-Siemens P8010 antreten.

Das Tecra S5-15T hat den Test super gemeistert und es gab keine großen Beanstandung.

Ein leistungsstarkes Business-Notebook, das eigentlich keine Wünsche offen lässt. Lediglich eine integrierte WebCam habe ich vermisst. Außergewöhnlich viel Software, insbesondere die vielen Sicherheitstools machen einen unbefugten Zugriff nahezu unmöglich. Das Notebook kann ich meinen Kunden gerne weiterempfehlen.

Hier geht es zum Test des Tecra S5-15T.

Das Portégé R500 und  das Fujitsu-Siemens P8010, hatten es bei ihrem Test wesentlich schwerer, denn da wurde ordentlich Kritik geübt, z.B. an den zu großen Netzteilen. Überraschend war dann schon fast das positive Fazit:

Beides sind sehr gute und schöne Geräte die man bedenkenlos kaufen kann, aber unsere Empfehlung, wenn man wirklich mobil auch draußen oder im Zug/Flugzeug am Fenster arbeiten möchte, geht an das Toshiba Portégé R500.

Das  Fujitsu-Siemens P8010 hat sich mit einem stark reflektierenden Display, selbst ins aus geschossen.

Hier geht es zum Vergleich des Portégé R500 mit dem P8010.

“With the demands of the new Microsoft Windows Vista Operating System and Microsoft Office applications becoming increasingly higher, you might be thinking it’s about time to ask your boss for a new laptop” begins the review of the Toshiba P300 (click here for full spec) over at our good pals at gaj-it.com. And by golly they’re right! 

For far too many folk, dubious laptops seemingly left over from the cold-war bring nothing more than frustration and lack of productivity. And as Arutha (author of the review) says “for the next generation of business laptops this is one to consider”, pointing out the dual core processor and 2GB of RAM, alongside the enviable 200GB hard drive space and DVD writer as standard.

Of course, the P300 isn’t perfect for everybody… “For us gamers don’t even go there” – but if it is a business laptop you are after, then this is certainly one to consider according to gaj-it.com who heartily recommend “writing those ‘recommendation’ letters to your boss…” You heard them – get to it!

Simon Mackness-Pettit from Gaj-it.com (see what they did there?) has taken the P200D for a test drive, and is suitably impressed.

He says it is ‘perfect for those memory hungry applications’, coming as it does with 2GB of RAM which is enough to handle even the most demanding of add-ons in our experience. The ’64 bit Athlon 1.8 x 2 speed processor’ also helps this notebook pack a punch, allowing the aforementioned applications to run ‘at the speed of light’. He has a minor gripe about the gaming capability of the machine, as the graphics card isn’t top draw, but concludes that the P220D is a ‘good choice’ for those wanting ‘a decent laptop for business side applications and home use’.

Do you agree with Simon’s conclusion? Head over and share your thoughts by leaving him a comment.

Toshiba erweitert seine Business-Notebook-Familie um viele weitere Neuheiten. Leistungsfähiger, große Bildschirm-Formate, Plattformstabilität, etc… Zitat von Klaus Hinum (Redakteur bei notebookcheck.com):…”Mit den Business-Notebook-Reihen Tecra M9 und Tecra S5 bietet Toshiba umfangreiche Plattformstabilität. Als solides und kompaktes Arbeitsgerät im 14.1-Zoll-Widescreen-Format empfiehlt sich die Tecra M9 für alle professionellen Benutzer, die häufig unterwegs sind. Eine Display-Nummer größer, ist die neue Tecra S5-Serie auch für einen längeren stationären Einsatz konzipiert, ohne die mobilen Qualitäten und bequemes Arbeiten zu vernachlässigen.”… Vollständigen Bericht nachlesen, bitte hier klicken! Danke!