Ultraportable Toshiba Portege A605 Laptop Now Available

October 22, 2008 --Toshiba today announced the Portégé A605 notebook, a sleek and innovatively designed 12.1-inch laptop PC based upon the award-winning business-oriented Portégé R500 ultraportable laptop PC computer.

The Portégé A605 was uniquely designed, engineered and manufactured by Toshiba, and includes many of the high-end technologies found in the Portégé R500 with a starting price of $1,399.99.

Developed to appeal to mainstream consumers with its sleek silver aluminum enclosure, the 12.1-inch Portégé A605 includes several innovative design qualities such as starting at a mere 3.3 pounds, measuring just 1.18 inches thin, an impressive 6.9 hours of battery life and USB Sleep-and-Charge ports. The Portégé A605 is an ideal lightweight laptop for consumers who value mobility without sacrificing useful features and computing performance, such as a built-in optical drive.

The Portégé A605 laptop PC comes with a collection of solid standard components such as the latest Intel Centrino 2 Duo Processor technology, 3GB of RAM and a large 250GB hard drive. The Portégé A605 is a perfect choice for mobile users who require strong computing performance while on-the-go.

The Portégé A605 laptop PC provides mobile users with a highly dependable eco-friendly laptop that is ENERGY STAR 4.0 compliant.

The Toshiba Portégé A605 notebook is constructed from high-quality, lightweight components and space-saving technologies such as Toshiba's unique High Density Mounting Technology process. This innovative process efficiently manages the system’s internal real estate by utilizing a dual-sided motherboard component mounting technique, which provides enough space for the Portégé A605 laptop PC to support its built-in optical drive.

Toshiba also incorporated its popular EasyGuard Technology business line feature within the Portégé A605. EasyGuard is a comprehensive series of hardware and software enhancements designed to better protect and secure one’s laptop during everyday computing. Components include HDD Protection, a spill-resistant keyboard and fingerprint reader.

The new Portégé A605 is available at a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide or directly from Toshiba at www.toshibadirect.com. Detailed product information is available at www.explore.toshiba.com/A605. The Portégé A605 is available with a one-year standard limited warranty.

The following configuration demonstrates some of the various specifications and price options available with the Portégé A605 series:

Portege A605-P201 Unique Specifications (ESUP $1,399.99)

• Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate (SP1, 32-bit version)
  
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor ULV SU9300
  
• 3072MB DDR2 800 memory
  
• 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disc drive
  
• DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash drive
  
• Mobile Intel graphics Media accelerator 4500MHD
• Built-in webcam and microphone
  
• eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep and Charge
  
• Intel 802.11 a/g/n wireless-LAN
  
• One-year standard limited warranty
  

Multimedia: Portégé A605 series

As a responsible global corporate citizen, Toshiba designs all of its new laptops to be RoHS compatible, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances.

Toshiba is offering a new, free electronic trade-in and recycling program which includes all laptop PCs and other select electronics, regardless of manufacturer, that have no trade-in value. For more details, please visit http://explore.toshiba.com/green. No purchase is necessary to participate in the recycling program.

SOURCE Toshiba