Toshiba Portege M700 Tablet PC Announced

Toshiba announced today the Portege M700 Tablet PC for mobile professionals, the company’s first convertible notebook with a touch screen LED backlit display.

The size of the Toshiba Portege M700’s LED backlit display with anti-glare coating is 12.1-inch. Its resolution is 1280-by-800 (WXGA) pixels and it supports digital pen and touch screen inputs. Regarding internal components of the Intel 965 Express chipset-based Portege M700, there are an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (T7250, T7500, T7700 or T7800), the Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, up to 4GB of system memory, up to 160GB hard drive, and a built-in DVD burner, as well as an 802.11a/g/n wireless module, Gigabit Ethernet, and an optional Bluetooth receiver. The Tablet PC’s optical drive can be replaced with a second hard drive or weight saver.

A 1.3-megapixel web camera and microphone are integrated on the bezel of the Portege M700. This Tablet PC also features a fingerprint reader accompanied by the Trusted Platform Module v1.2, three USB ports, a PC Card slot, 5-in-1 media card reader, Firewire, and a VGA output.

The Toshiba Portege M700 incorporates the Intel Active Management Technology (AMT 2.6) delivering “the ability to remotely deploy systems and supply proactive security and maintenance measures”.

The M700 has a shock absorbing design and spill resistant keyboard. The system weighs starting at 4.6 pounds and comes with Windows Vista Business or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 preinstalled.

The customizable Toshiba Portege M700-S7008X model starts at $1,449. There are also the preconfigured M700-S7001X and M700-S7002, priced at $1,699 and $1,799 respectively.

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