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Toshiba Media Lunch: Unveiling Of The Toshiba Art Collection Series

littlelion | 22 July, 2009 12:06

Getting out of the pack has always been the name of the game for Toshiba. Despite the loud and extravagant product launches that its competitors had kicked off during the past couple of weeks, the Japanese company, through its exclusive local distributor, Tricom Dynamics Inc., opted to gather select members of the press for an exclusive luncheon at the M Cafe in Makati City instead.

For some reasons, it isn't hard to think that the timely unveiling of the Toshiba Art Collection Notebook Series was associated with the art exhibit happening at the Ayala Museum during that time.

Frankly, we also liked the approach that Tricom had taken as we were able to focus more on the new technologies presented rather than the colorful distractions of a festive event.

A trio of notebooks and a mini notebook make up the Toshiba Art Collection Series - the Satellite L510, Satellite M500, Portege M900, and NB200. Prominent on these models are the elegant finishing, called the Toshiba Fusion Finish, which is infused on the lid of each system and achieved by employing IMR (In-Mould Rolling) technology.

For instance, the L510 and the NB200 espouse rolling, slim lines on their glossy metallic surface.

On the other hand, the M900 and the M500 sport matte textures on their outer shell.

Nonetheless, the elegant exteriors are actually just the cake's icing. We strived ahead to experience one by one the latest offerings and took a closer look at their minute design details to see if they are worthy to be part of Toshiba's latest artistic anthology.

Toshiba Satellite L510

Potential owners of the Toshiba Satellite L510 can choose either from an Intel Pentium Dual-Core or an Intel Core 2 Duo as the processor of their choice, depending on their performance requirements.

Lifting up the lid, the L510 brings to light its 14-inch LED-backlit display that can be complemented by either an Intel GMA 4500MHD or an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 graphics processor.

The power button and multimedia hotkeys are all arranged in one strip.

This angle should somehow provide you with an idea of the L510’s thickness. Also seen is the DVD Super Multi drive.

For users who are too touchy about fingerprint smudges, you would find yourself amused with the L510’s matte black keyboard.

Elegant lines extend on the notebook’s touchpad.

Although the L510 has the poise of a pricey laptop, it pleased us to know that it still falls under the mainstream category. Good looks aside, the L510 is also rich in ports to meet its user’s connectivity purposes.

Toshiba Satellite M500

The Toshiba Satellite M500 is powered by the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, along with a starting RAM capacity of 2GB, though it can be configured with the maximum of 4GB. Another main feature of the M500 is the usage of a hybrid storage system, in which a solid state drive (SSD) and a SATA hard drive are combined virtually. The SSD houses the laptop’s operating system and applications, while the hard drive is intended for personal file storage.

For display and graphics, the M500 comes with a 13.3-inch LED-backlit LCD screen and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570 respectively. At the top of the display bezel, built in is the HD web camera that can record video clips in wide format.

Like the L510, the M500’s power button and multimedia hotkeys are arranged in a single row. But this time, what caught our attention is the presence of the peculiar plant-/globe-like switch. This is the Toshiba Eco utility that helps users save more power.

The relatively thick and rounded profile of the M500 is gilded with chrome rims and hinges.

Needless to say, the M500 is entirely different from the L510. The difference can also be noticed by looking at the M500’s semi-glossy keyboard.

Blessed with that dashing professional look and feel, the M500 only deserves to have a built-in fingerprint scanner that could help its would-be owners – businessmen and executives – protect valuable data against unauthorized access.

Most importantly, the M500 also takes in a built-in 3D Motion Sensor that dynamically detects sudden movements, such as shock and vibration, and rapidly prepares the hard drive’s head for impact.

Toshiba NB200

Toshiba did not explicitly tell us that the NB200 is a netbook, rather, based on the news that we had posted earlier, it is a mini notebook. Nonetheless, we couldn’t blame others in assuming that it is a netbook, given that it operates with an Intel Atom N280 processor and has a LED-backlit 10.1-inch LCD. This baby is priced at PhP 29,000.00.

If white, like the model above, does not appeal to you at all, rest assured that the NB200 also comes in other fashionable colors such as blue, brown, and pink.

Toshiba has cleverly crafted the NB200 and this is visibly seen on its hinge assembly which incorporates the power button.

This is to help you visualize how thin the NB200 is.

A closer look at the full-QWERTY isolation keyboard of the NB200.

The Toshiba NB200 comes with either a three- or six-cell battery to provide you with four to nine hours of juice. Furthermore, it also takes in a 3D-accelerometer monitoring system, a storage protection mechanism similar to that of the M500.

We didn’t actually see a model of the Toshiba Portege M900 during the event, but based on the photos and specs, it is relatively analogous to the Satellite M500 notebook. Additionally, it comes with a choice of four colors – brown, white, red and pink.

Again, we would like to thank our friends from Tricom Dynamics Inc. for giving us the opportunity to meet Toshiba’s Art Collection Notebook Series. After taking a nibble of the sample notebooks, sure enough, the next thing is the “main course” – a review of these notebooks – and we know that you expect it as well.

Looking for the “main course”? Just hang around as something is cooking on HardwareZone and HWM Philippines!

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slot lover | 22/07/2009, 22:39

These laptops could have been looked better if Toshiba put slot-in drives on them instead of the ordinary ones.

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california boy | 23/07/2009, 22:24

Good looking laptops. But my personal favorite is the nb200.

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rockmanx | 26/07/2009, 13:06

The NB200 is really tempting.

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soloista | 04/08/2009, 22:25

I agree. The NB200 is exceptional. I like the isolation keyboard.

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gopher69 | 21/08/2009, 20:28

Those laptops really look so thick. It give me an impression that they are heavy as well.

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gopher69 | 21/08/2009, 20:29

Those laptops really look so thick. It give me an impression that they are heavy as well.

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