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Toshiba has announced that it has updated its highly successful A200 series laptops with even more options for users to have their preferred computing machines at an affordable price. The A200 series now begins at just $600, but keep in mind that price tag is just for base model, and you may want a more powerful laptop once you get the feel of the Toshiba A200 series.

For $600 you’ll get an A215 series model that has a 15.4-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite TFT LCD display with a 1280 x 800 resolution, a 1.9 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, DVD SuperMulti drive, ATI Radeon X1200 with 128MB for graphics and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g as well as the usual array of ports. Moving up but still an A215 model, you can get a 2.0 GHz processor along with 2GB of RAM and a 200GB hard drive for $749.

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Averatec has released the 2575 12-inch notebook which is the newest addition to Averatec’s line-up of ultra portable consumer machines. With this latest offering, Averatec has integrated design and functionality with the hopes of attracting consumers interests, which could be difficult, especially with the slew of new notebooks hitting the market lately.

So, does the Averatec 2575 have anything new to offer to the ultra-portable notebook market? Depends on what your needs are and what you are looking for in portable computing machine. In addition to the “contemporary design” the Averatec 2575 comes pre-installed with Vista Home Premium and features an AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core chip, 2GB of RAM, 250GB hard drive, ATI RS690 integrated graphics, a 1.3 megapixel webcam and a 4-1 card reader. The 12.1-inch display sports a 1280 x 800 native resolution with AveraBrite Technology. All things considered its seems to be a good alternative, especially with the $1,100 price tag.

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At the recent CES in Las Vegas, Toshiba announced several additions to its AMD based A215 notebook line. The Satellite A215-S6805, A215-S6814, and A215-S6820 feature AMD’s Turion 64X2 Dual Core Mobile Technology processor, which provides power and productivity in a mobile form factor. They also come with Windows Vista, a 15.4-inch TrueBrite widescreen, and a DVD SuperMulti Optical Drive. The new additions to the A215 family can be found at ToshibaDirect.com and retailers nationwide. Here’s a detailed look at the specs and suggested price for each new model:

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We are lined up for the Intel Keynote here at CES. This will be the 4th live keynote we will be bringing you (check out Bill Gates, Panasonic, and Yahoo by clicking here). Intel’s Paul Otellini will be hitting the stage slightly after 4:30pm pacific, 7:30pm eastern. We are expecting announcements related to mobile computing, UMPCs (or what is actually left of them), the One Laptop Per Child project, and the new 45-nanometer based CPUs, amongst other announcements and partnerships.

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