Toshiba's Satellite Notebook Offers Features to Complement the Multimedia Enthusiast's Lifestyle

Business Wire, Sept 25, 2000

Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers

The Affordable Satellite 1715XCDS Incorporates Everything You Need

Into One Simple Package.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2000

Editor's Summary:

- Priced at only $1,199, the Satellite(R) 1715XCDS is equipped with control
keys for CD playback, enabling users to access their music easily, and a
one-touch Internet access button for quick access to e-mail and the Internet.

- Dressed in a stylish new chassis with an all-in-one design, the Satellite
1715XCDS offers students, families and SOHO customers convenient access to all
media formats, including a 6.0 billion byte hard drive, 24X CD-ROM and diskette
drive, without having to swap devices.

- The Satellite 1715XCDS features Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Me, the operating
system with stunning digital media, home networking and safety features.

The Computer Systems Group (CSG) of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS) today announces the Satellite 1715XCDS, a value-priced, high-quality notebook dressed in a stylish new chassis with an all-in-one design.

Incorporating convenience features such as external CD control keys, a one-touch Internet access button and Microsoft's newly introduced operating system, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me), the new Satellite is the ideal

notebook PC for students, families and SOHO customers.

"Consumers are increasingly demanding more from their computing devices and the multimedia features included with them," said Steve Andler, vice president of marketing, Toshiba CSG. "Not only do they expect their notebooks to serve the role of a computing workhorse and CD player, but they expect these attributes to be effortless. By adding these convenience features to the Satellite notebook, Toshiba is answering the demands of today's multimedia-driven customer."

Features to Complement the Multimedia Enthusiast's Lifestyle

Designed to deliver the optimal mobile computing experience for the student, family or SOHO user, the Satellite 1715XCDS is equipped with CD playback function keys for skip/search and play/stop capabilities, enabling users to access their music without interruption to what they were working on.

In addition, Toshiba's sound system with stereo speakers delivers crisp, clear sound quality that is ideal for listening to MP3 files. An Internet access button gives users the freedom to hop on the Internet or access their e-mail in no time at all. These added conveniences make the Satellite 1715XCDS an ideal notebook PC for today's multimedia devotee.

New Operating System Brings Families Closer Together

The Satellite 1715XCDS is equipped with Windows Me, Microsoft's newly introduced operating system that helps you share your memories with family and friends. With the tools provided by Windows Movie Maker (included with Windows Me), you can store home movies and photographs on your hard drive, edit out imperfections, and e-mail them to your loved ones.

Furthering the offerings for the home PC owner, Windows Me includes the Home Networking Wizard, which lets users set up a home network with multiple systems using only one Internet connection. This allows family members to share selected files and printers, and play multi-player games between PCs.

Internet Explorer 5.5, also included with Windows Me, offers added safety features that screen out objectionable material and protect PCs from corruption. In addition, this feature expands the capabilities of e-mail, allowing customers to have multiple accounts on one PC, send instant messages and have online video conversations.

Everything You Need in One Simple Package

Offered at $1,199, the Satellite 1715XCDS' all-in-one, three-spindle design incorporates a 24X (Max. speed) CD-ROM, a 6.0 billion byte hard disk drive and a

Toshiba Announces Satellite 1715XCDS Page 3 diskette drive, giving users easy access to all media formats without having to swap devices. This Satellite notebook includes a Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(TM) processor 600MHz and 64MB of PC100 SDRAM, plenty of power for Web surfing or graphic-intensive applications.

Satellite 1715XCDS

- Mobile Intel Celeron processor 600MHz

- 64MB of SDRAM (expandable to 192MB)

- 13-inch Color Bright dual-scan display

- Toshiba sound system with stereo speakers

- All-in-one design including 24X CD-ROM, 6.0 billion byte hard

drive and diskette drive

- ATI(R)Mobility-C graphics controller with 4MB SGRAM internal

video memory

- Integrated V.90/K56flex modem

- One-touch Internet access button

- Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports

- Two Type II or one Type III CardBus ready PC Card slot

- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

- Toshiba's Great Software Offer

- Currently available through retail distribution channels and

mail order

- ESUP: $1,199

Software Options That Complement Your Lifestyle

To enhance productivity right out of the box, Lotus(R) SmartSuite(R) Millennium Edition with Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software, Lotus Freelance presentation graphics and Lotus WordPro plus Intuit(R) Quicken(R) Basic 2000 and Norton 2000 AntiVirus(TM) come pre-installed on the Satellite 1715XCDS.