Toshiba Satellite R830, R840, and R850 laptops unveiled at MWC

There have been a lot of phone and tablet announcements here at MWC 2011 , but laptops? Not so much. Toshiba’s not following the crowd here, though. Instead, it’s touched down in Barcelona with three fresh Satellites — the 13.3-inch R830, 14-inch R840, and 15.6-inch R850. Aesthetically, they should look very familiar as Toshiba’s basically refreshed its Portege R700 series with Intel’s latest Core i5 and i7 Sandy Bridge processors and enhanced its cooling system. The company was a bit vague on specific configuration details (though, we took some shots of the system properties in the gallery below), but its press release does list that the rigs will be available with up to 8GB of RAM and 640GB of hard disk storage, SSDs, and USB 3.0. The R830 (pictured above) is still one of our favorites, and like the R705 , it is made of magnesium, only weighs 3.2 pounds, and still has a optical drive. The R840 and R850 have been slightly retooled with subtlety striped lids, which we are told of made of a high stiffness resin. Both models have chiclet keyboards and regular touchpads with two mouse buttons, though the 14- and 15-inchers have pointing sticks. All three models will be hitting in April, but Tosh is keeping quiet on pricing. Hit the first gallery for a few shots of the rigs and the second for a look at the special copper airflow cooling system Toshiba’s cooked up. Gallery: Toshiba Satellite R830, R840, and R850 hands-on Gallery: Toshiba Airflow Cooling Technology Continue reading Toshiba Satellite R830, R840, and R850 laptops unveiled at MWC Toshiba Satellite R830, R840, and R850 laptops unveiled at MWC originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:56:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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