Toshiba recently released couple of new Satellites based on AMD's latest Puma notebook platform. The Satellite laptop series based on Puma includes following models: the P300D, A300D, M300D, U400D, L300D and L350D. All of them can be customized with Athlon Dual Core QL, Turion Dual Core RM and Turion Ultra ZM processor technology.

According to Toshiba, this new AMD platform promises superior performance, enhanced visual graphics and increased battery life. The combination of all these aspects contributes to a balanced laptop platform, which gives the user extended battery life without sacrificing performance.

All the laptops boasts couple new exciting features like built-in FM Tuner, face recognition technology, sleep-and-charge usb ports, Harman Kardon stereo speakers and eSATA port.

Specification: Satellite P300D ($800)

17.1-inch widescreen display with 1440x900 resolution
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70
3GB RAM
ATI Radeon 3100 with up to 256MB
200GB 5400rpm HDD
dual layer DVD burner
802.11b/g wireless
webcam, card reader, Bluetooth
Windows Vista Home Premium

Specification: Satellite A300D ($750)

15.4" WXGA TruBrite display (1280x800)
AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 (2.0GHz) or Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology Gold Edition TL-64 (2.2GHz)
3GB RAM
200GB HDD
DVD burner
Windows Vista

No word on specification of other models.

[P300D]
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