Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: toshiba, launches, its, satellite, into, orbit, with, nvidia | Themes: Business Notebooks
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Toshiba Worldwide
- 3. Positioning
- 4. GeForce Two Or More To Go
- 5. GeForce2 Go To Integration
- 6. Star Wars: Toshiba Satellite 2800-500 Vs. 2805-S402
- 7. Subwoofer For The Road
- 8. Satellite Power Management
- 9. Satellite Power Management, Continued
- 10. BIOS Vs. Setup-Program
- 11. Front View
- 12. Right View
- 13. Top View
- 14. Removing The Battery
6. Star Wars: Toshiba Satellite 2800-500 Vs. 2805-S402
| Toshiba | Europe/Germany
Satellite 2800-500 |
North America
Satellite 2805-S402 |
Price
Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 800MHz | 850MHz | US$80 |
| Display | 15,0" TFT | 15,0" TFT | 0 |
| Graphics | Nvidia Geforce2Go with external 16 MB | Nvidia Geforce2Go with external 16 MB | 0 |
| Memory | 128 MB | 128 MB | 0 |
| HDD | 20 GB | 20 GB | 0 |
| DVD Drive | 4x CD-R(W), 6x DVD, 24x CD | 4x CD-R(W), 6x DVD, 24x CD | 0 |
| IEEE 1394 | x | x | 0 |
| SmartMedia | x | x | 0 |
| Modem | V.90 56k | V.90 56k | 0 |
| Lan | 10/100 Ethernet | 10/100 Ethernet | 0 |
| Toshiba price US$ | 2863.28 | 2399.00 | -464.28 |
Basically, if you live in Europe, you should catch a flight to the US and buy the notebook there. Not only will you get a great notebook, but also have a few days off too to take a vacation. Each market has its own individual structure and pricing, but this is the biggest price difference that I have ever seen! The prices shown above are suggested retail prices only - you could probably get it for about $200 cheaper through CNET or other online shopping resources.
Apart from the price difference, a first glance at the notebook will leave you astonished in other ways- man, this thing is huge!
Toshiba went all out with this notebook, giving it a large 15" display, along with every hot feature available in the mobile market. Most of the latest high-end notebooks use the BX chipset with PCI or 2x AGP and UDMA33. The Toshiba Satellite has Intel's latest i815EM chipset with 4x AGP and UDMA IDE, making this baby a real desktop replacement. Not only that, but its DVD drive also has CD-R(W) capabilities, and the sound is clearly the best I have ever heard from a notebook.
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