Toshiba Satellite L500 and L550 everyday computing laptops launched
In addition of launching Satellite A500 and U500 notebooks, Toshiba also announced two other notebooks. The two new widescreen laptops – the 15.6’’ Satellite L500 and the 17.3’’ Satellite L550 – come with “an attractive and durable design at affordable prices.” Both the machines can be customized with either an Intel Celeron / Pentium / Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon / Turion processor.
The Satellite L500 has a 15.6’’ HD Toshiba TruBrite display that offers a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels and a luminance of 200 cd/m² while the Satellite L550 comes with a 17.3″ HD TruBrite display with power saving LED backlight technology, a resolution of 1,600 x 900 pixels and a luminance of 200 cd/m².
Both of them also offer 500GB hard drive, DVD burner, a VGA web camera supporting Toshiba’s Face Recognition software, an HDMI port, a 4-in-1 Bridge Media slot, two USB 2.0 ports, wireless, Bluetooth, Ethernet, and an additional eSATA/USB combo port.
Both devices will be available in the third quarter of 2009 throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa.
