Toshiba cuts prices as rivals snap at its high-end heels

Toshiba has introduced seven new notebooks across its range and cut prices of existing models by up to 27 percent, as rival notebook makers vie for a slice of the high-end corporate market. The four Satellites, one Portege and two new Tectra models, all boast 800 x 600 screens, optional CD drives and Zoomed Video for fast graphics. The new Portege 660CDT takes a new, slimline, ten-speed CD drive. Dell has launched its most powerful Latitude yet. The XPi CD P150 has a 150MHz Pentium processor, 16Mb of RAM, a 12.1in SVGA TFT display, six-speed CD and a 1Gb disk. Samsung has introduced a new range of Pentium-based multimedia notebooks, the Sens Pro500, priced from u1,595 to u2,999 (plus VAT). The entry-level N500 model has a 100MHz Pentium processor, 8Mb EDO RAM, 810Mb hard disk and 11.3in SVGA DSTN display. Toshiba 01937 828828; Dell 01344 720000; Samsung 0181 391 0168; Dolch 01928 263622.