New Notebook: Toshiba's New Portege 7020CT and Tecra 8000 Series Deliver Industry's Fastest Portable Processors - Product Announcement

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, Feb 1, 1999

Portege 7020CT -- Weighing 4.17-pounds and measuring just one-inch thin, the silver metallic and dark gray Portege 7020CT makes an impressive statement for power hungry mobile professionals who require cutting-edge performance. The Portege 7020CT combines the new Intel 366MHz Pentium II processor, 6.4 billion byte hard drive, 64MB of SDRAM and a large 13.3-inch active matrix display for power, portability and style.

Tecra 8000 -- The Tecra 8000 series adds new levels of performance and configuration flexibility with the Intel 366MHz Pentium II processor and larger hard drives. These new features bring the Tecra's total configuration options to 7,776. The Tecra 8000 series reduces customers' Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) through a single chassis and single motherboard design for simple transitions to newer processors and hard drives without adding the time and expense in re-qualifying new systems. Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. (TAIS), Computer Systems Division (CSD), the leading manufacturer of portable computers, Monday broke portable computing performance barriers with the introduction of its Portege 7020CT ultra-portable and award-winning Tecra 8000 series. Sporting the new Intel 366MHz mobile Pentium II processor and a 13.3-inch active matrix display, the Portege 7020CT offers performance, ultraportability and style for today's high-travel executives. Earning the coveted PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence, the Tecra 8000 series offers the best in high-performance mobile computing with the new Intel 366MHz Pentium II processor and configuration flexibility in a one-motherboard, one-chassis design. "Toshiba's technology leadership has allowed us to raise the bar on mobile performance without sacrificing portability, features or value," said Jeffrey Friederichs, vice president of marketing, Toshiba CSD. "Toshiba added the fastest mobile processors and generous features while maintaining industry-leading investment protection for reducing customers' total cost of ownership." Portege Makes Heads Turn With its Powerful Performance and Stylish Design At one-inch thin, the 4.17-pound Portege 7020CT packs unprecedented power into its stylish one-inch thin dark gray and silver magnesium alloy casing design. Leading the industry in ultraportable performance, the Portege 7020CT comes standard with Intel's most powerful mobile processor, the 366MHz Pentium II processor with integrated 256KB L2 cache, and 64MB of high-speed Synchronous DRAM (expandable to 192MB), a 6.4 billion Ultra DMA 33 byte hard drive, full-size keyboard and a built-in international ITU V.90 K56flex voice/data/fax modem. For unparalleled multimedia features, the Portege 7020CT incorporates a large 13.3-inch active matrix display with 1024x768 resolution, built-in MPEG-II decoding capability, NeoMagic 256-bit graphics accelerator and 2.5MB of integrated SGRAM video memory for running graphics-intensive multimedia presentations. The Portege 7020CT also includes two Type II or one Type III PC Cards and a USB port for easy connection to peripherals, networks and printers. To enhance the portable computing experience while on the road or in the office, the Portege 7020CT offers an optional CD or DVD Network Dock. It includes a 24X max speed CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, integrated 10/100 Ethernet network adapter, floppy disk drive, enhanced stereo sound with two speakers and acoustic sound chambers, TV out port, two USB ports and an array of expansion capabilities. Slim enough to easily fit in a briefcase, the 0.80-inch thin and 2.6-pound CD-ROM Network Dock provides complete functionality in a lightweight design. Tecra 8000 Series Offers New Level of Performance and Configurability Expanding on the Tecra 8000 series' configuration flexibility and state-of-the-art performance Toshiba offers new configuration options based on the new Intel 366MHz mobile Pentium II processor. Increased configuration choices allow customers to match features to their requirements and upgrade as needed over time, extending the life of the product and protecting corporate computing investments. In addition to the four featured configurations (listed below), there are 7,776 possible configuration options.

Tecra 8000 Featured Configuration Specifications
           Featured       Featured      New Featured  New Featured
           Configu-       Configu-      Configu-      Configu-
           ration 1       ration 2      ration 3      ration 4

CPU        266 MHz PII   300 MHz PII   366 MHz PII    366 MHz PII

Display    13.3-inch TFT 13.3-inch TFT 13.3-inch TFT  14.1-inch TFT
           (1024x768)    (1024x768)    (1024x768)     (1024x768)

Memory     64MB SDRAM    64MB SDRAM    64MB SDRAM     128MB SDRAM

Hard Disk 6.0 billion     6.0 billion  8.1 billion    8.1 billion
Drive     byte            byte         byte           byte

CD-ROM/DVD 24X CD-ROM    24X CD-ROM    24X CD-ROM     DVD-ROM with
Drive      (Max speed)   (Max speed)   (Max speed)    built-in
                                                      MPEG II
                                                      decoding

Modem      Internal      Internal      Internal       Optional
           K56flex       K56flex       K56flex        PC Card
                                                      modem(a)

           (V.90-ready)  (V.90-ready)  (V.90-ready)
           Modem         Modem         Modem

Estimated
Single unit
Street
Price     $3,099         $3,499        $3,899         $4,499

((a) PC Card modem not included in $4,399 price)