Toshiba NB200 to come in five flavors, price points

The recently announced Toshiba Mini NB200 has an Intel Atom processor, a 10 inch display, and a nice looking island-style keyboard with flat keys and a bit of space between each. But it looks like there’s a little variation in the specs: you get a few choices when it comes to the battery or CPU.

The Toshiba UK web site lists 5 different configurations, with options ranging from the NB200-10G with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU and a 3 cell, 3.5 hour battery to the Toshiba NB200-110 with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 CPU, a 6 cell, 9 hour battery, and integrated Bluetooth.

Prices range from £277 to £321 (excluding VAT) or about $412 to $478 US.

via Netbook 3G

Posted on Monday, May 4th, 2009, 12:09 pm by Brad Linder

oddone

And in this configuration list you see almost the entirety of what's available in netbooks today. Sad, really.
MonkeyKing1969

If netbooks all work about the same and that 'sameness' is good it makes the whole market look good. It also will lift computing out of the mud to make even thin margine products profitable.

For ubiquitous computing to work it MUST be like this where the devices work and act the same and have nearly the same basic parts. Do you think VCRs would have been in every house in the late 80s if they didn't all function the same and all functioned…good enough? We want netbooks to work, and we want them to provide a 'level' functionality base for ubiquitous computing to occur. That way people new to the market don't have to worry or think, “Which one do I buy?” They walk into the store and deal with buying a computer like buying an iron or a washing machine.

It really does help all of us when netbooks are differentiated at the level of the “remote” or “S-Video output” in a VCR analogy. It helps us because then everyone buys a computer or two. That in turn lowers prices, decreases 'lemon' models, and then in turn lowers the price of the outside infrastructure like broadband internet. This also lowers the price of software because the market for even small niche programs isn't in the tens of thousands but in the tens of millions if not the hundreds of millions.
MonkeyKing1969

If netbooks all work about the same and that 'sameness' is good it makes the whole market look good. It also will lift computing out of the mud to make even thin margine products profitable.

For ubiquitous computing to work it MUST be like this where the devices work and act the same and have nearly the same basic parts. Do you think VCRs would have been in every house in the late 80s if they didn't all function the same and all functioned…good enough? We want netbooks to work, and we want them to provide a 'level' functionality base for ubiquitous computing to occur. That way people new to the market don't have to worry or think, “Which one do I buy?” They walk into the store and deal with buying a computer like buying an iron or a washing machine.

It really does help all of us when netbooks are differentiated at the level of the “remote” or “S-Video output” in a VCR analogy. It helps us because then everyone buys a computer or two. That in turn lowers prices, decreases 'lemon' models, and then in turn lowers the price of the outside infrastructure like broadband internet. This also lowers the price of software because the market for even small niche programs isn't in the tens of thousands but in the tens of millions if not the hundreds of millions.

Toshiba NB200 to come in five flavors, price points

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