Ultraportable Toshiba Portege A605 Laptop Now Available Within Consumer Market

Toshiba’s Digital Products Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., 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.

IRVINE, Calif. (Business Wire EON) October 21, 2008 -- 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(1).

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(2), measuring just 1.18 inches thin, an impressive 6.9 hours of battery life(3) and USB Sleep-and-Charge ports(4). 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(5) technology, 3GB of RAM(6) and a large 250GB hard drive(7). 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(8) 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(9) 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(10).

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(1)) • Genuine Windows Vista(R) Ultimate (SP1, 32-bit version)

• Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo Processor5 ULV SU9300

• 3072MB DDR2 800 memory(6)

• 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disc drive(7)

• DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash(TM) drive

• Mobile Intel(R) graphics11 Media accelerator 4500MHD

• Built-in webcam and microphone

• eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep and Charge(3)

• Intel(R) 802.11 a/g/n wireless-LAN(12)

• One-year standard limited warranty(10)

  Multimedia: Portégé A605 series

As a responsible global corporate citizen, Toshiba designs all of its new laptops to be RoHS compatible(13), 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.

1. Price. Reseller prices may vary. ESUP means "Estimated Single Unit Price."

2. Weight. Weight may vary. See Weight Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

3. Battery Life. May vary considerably from specifications depending on product model, configuration, applications, power management settings. See Battery Life Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

4. USB Sleep & Charge. The "USB Sleep & Charge function" may not work with certain external devices even if they are compliant with the USB specification. In those cases, turn the power of the computer ON to charge the device.

5. Processor. CPU performance may vary. See Processor Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

6. Memory. Memory size may vary. See Memory Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com.

7. Hard Disk Drive Capacity. Hard drive capacity may vary. 1 Gigabyte (GB) means 1000 x 1000 x 1000 = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. See Hard Disk Drive Capacity Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

8. EasyGuard. Toshiba EasyGuard™ technology comprises a number of features some of which may or may not be available on a particular Toshiba notebook depending on the model selected. See www.easyguard.toshiba.com for detailed information.

9. Spill-Resistant Keyboard. Under Toshiba testing conditions, the spill-resistant keyboard delayed the time for a water spill to reach the computer's main board to allow more time to properly close down the machine. Toshiba's standard limited warranty terms and limitations apply. Visit www.warranty.toshiba.com for details.

10. Warranty. The terms and conditions of Toshiba's standard limited warranty, extended warranty and service upgrade terms and conditions are available at www.warranty.toshiba.com.

11. Graphics. GPU performance may vary. See Graphics Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

12. Wireless. May require purchase of additional software, external hardware or services. Transmission speeds may vary. See Wireless Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

13. RoHS. This product is compatible with European Union Directive 2002/95/EC. See RoHS legal footnote at www.info.toshiba.com

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