Toshiba's Infinia 7200 captures PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award at COMDEX

Business Wire, Nov 20, 1996

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1996--A combination of advanced computer and consumer electronics technologies with unique styling and an intuitive control interface earned Toshiba's Infinia 7200 PC Magazine's 1996 Technical Excellence Award for desktop systems at COMDEX/Fall.

PC Magazine's Technical Excellence Award recognizes products that the publication's editors consider to be technically superior or outstanding.

"The recognition from PC Magazine is representative of the value and commitment we bring to our customers by consistently pushing the envelope to deliver relevant solutions that meet their computing needs," said Ron Smith, vice president of marketing for Toshiba CSD.

"With solutions like Infinia, consumers can use their home PCs to leverage the power of knowledge to manage their business, communicate, educate and entertain."

Toshiba's Infinia 7200 combines the company's core computer and consumer electronics technologies to deliver ultimate computing power together with TV, radio and advanced telephony functionality. The company redefined ease-of-use with the industry's most interactive personal interface, the InTouch Module, with "one-touch" access and intelligent visual display. Sleek styling and unique accents make the Infinia a fit in any room in the home.

The Infinia 7200 is powered by a 200MHz Pentium processor, 32MB of memory and an enormous 3GB hard drive, packing the power to handle the most demanding applications. The Infinia 7200 is currently available at an estimated street price of $2,799.

About Toshiba

Toshiba continues to be the leading vendor in the U.S. market for portable computers, with 27.4 percent market share based on Q3 1996 estimates from International Data Corp. (IDC). The company offers portable and desktop computing solutions for consumer and business customers under the Toshiba brand name. For dealer referral and product literature, call 800/334-3445, or visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://computers.toshiba.com.

With headquarters in Irvine and annual sales of approximately $4 billion, Toshiba America Information Systems (TAIS) is comprised of nine divisions which manufacture and market a wide range of business and information-oriented products in the United States.

Products include portable and desktop computers, disk drives, plain paper copiers, facsimile systems, voice mail systems, digital key telephones, toner products, optical fiber modems and digital cameras.

TAIS is an independent operating company, owned by Toshiba America Inc., a subsidiary of the $53 billion Toshiba Corp., the fifth largest electronics and electrical equipment manufacturer, and the world's 32nd largest corporation in terms of sales. Toshiba Corp. is a world leader in high technology products with 173 major consolidated subsidiaries worldwide.

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