Toshiba Readies 3D Satellite Notebook With Nvidia Tech

The new Satellite A665 3D Edition features a quad-core Core i7 central processor from Intel, Nvidia’s GeForce GTS 350M graphics processor and is priced at $1,600, the company said Tuesday. The June 20 update also includes new notebooks in Tokyo-based Toshiba’s Satellite A-Series, C-Series, L-Series, M-Series and T-Series product lines.

The enthusiast-geared Satellite A665 3D Edition has built-in harman/kardon speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, and like several of the other new Toshiba notebooks, features Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia’s Optimus switchable graphics technology for conserving battery life when not using more power-hungry discrete GPUs on a notebook.

Toshiba’s new lineup of entertainment laptops includes the Satellite M645, priced at $730, and the Satellite A665, an $800 product. Both notebooks, available in either 14-inch or 16-inch versions, have options for multi-core CPUs from either Intel or Advanced Micro Devices and also introduce a couple of new mobile technologies from the Japanese computer maker.

“Toshiba Sleep-and-Music ... allows users to play music through the laptop speakers while it is powered down, and Resolution+ DVD Upconversion ... upconverts standard-definition movies to instantly improve pictures to look and feel more like HD,” according to the company.

The computer maker made the most additions to its L-Series of mid-priced notebooks with four new models featuring Toshiba’s Fusion Finish with five color options, flat keyboards and multi-touch touchpads. The new products are the $620 Satellite L635, the $516 Satellite L645, the $570 Satellite L655 and the $600 Satellite L675.

Two new entry-level C-Series products, the Satellite C645 and Satellite C655, both start at sub-$500 price points, while Toshiba is billing a pair of notebooks in its new Satellite T200 Series as netbook alternatives. With a 13.3-inch display, the Satellite T235 is quite a bit larger than a netbook, but the 11.6-inch T215 certainly approaches mini-note compactness. Both are thin and light laptops, and Toshiba lists a starting price of $470 for the T200 Series without specifying which of the pair has that price tag.