The Toshiba NB550D is one of the first 10 inch netbooks to ship with an AMD C-50 Fusion chip with integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics. We already know that the chip can handle 1080p HD video playback and DirectX 11 graphics, but how does this 1 GHz dual core chip fare against the Intel Atom […]
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Toshiba NB550D netbook unboxed (AMD C-50, Harman Kardon speakers)
The Toshiba NB550D netbook isn’t expected to ship in the US, but Nicole at Netbook News managed to pick one up in Taiwan. The little laptop is one of the first computers to ship with an AMD C-50 dual core processor and Radeon HD 6250 graphics, but that’s not its only claim to fame. It […]
Toshiba NB550D won’t be coming to the US
The Toshiba NB550D is one of the first netbooks to feature a dual core AMD C-50 Ontario chip with ATI Radeon 6250 graphics. That makes it an interesting test case for AMD’s new competitor to Intel’s Atom chipset, which currently dominates the netbook landscape. Details about the netbook are starting to emerge from Australia and […]
Toshiba NB550D netbook with AMD Ontario chip hits Europe, Australia
There’s still no mention of the new Toshiba NB550D on the company’s US web site. But Toshiba Germany is showing a listing for this new 10 inch mini-laptop with an AMD C-50 Ontario chip, and the folks at PC Authority in Australia have received a demo unit for review. I’ve reached out to my contacts […]
Toshiba NB550D netbook to feature AMD Ontario chip?
I expect to see a fair number of laptops sporting shiny new AMD Fusion chips including the low-power Ontario and Zacate processors at CES next week. But someone at Toshiba Germany apparently didn’t feel like waiting, and went ahead and published a product page for a new model called the Toshiba NB550D with a 1GHz […]