IRVINE, Calif., (April 8, 2008)—Toshiba’s Digital Products Division (DPD), a division of Toshiba American Information Systems, Inc., today announced it’s now shipping the new Satellite® M300 laptop series, a 14.1-inch travel laptop with Toshiba’s innovative Fusion™ finish and a starting price of $949.99¹.

Toshiba’s Satellite M300 sports a stylish and elegant new design that makes the series a welcome addition to anyone’s home or office. Using Toshiba’s Horizon design the stylish M300 series carries a brilliant Fusion finish that’s bonded directly into the chassis to give the notebook an overall sleek and stunning appeal.

“Since the beginning Toshiba has strived to produce the most innovative laptops with the features that consumers want,” said Jeff Barney, vice president of marketing, Digital Products Division, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. “With the design of the Satellite M300, and the new Fusion finish, we were able to focus our energies on providing consumers with a fashionable laptop that doesn’t compromise power and performance for mobility.”

With a starting weight of just over five pounds², the Satellite M300 packs several impressive features such as a beautiful 14.1-inch TruBrite™ high-definition display, which allows users to view a wide variety of high-definition content including streaming of online HD television programs, HD movie trailers and HD video podcasts. The laptop also features new LED-illuminated “Feather-Touch” multimedia command keys, where with the mere touch of a finger, users can control the audio and video playback of their favorite movies and music. In addition, the Satellite M300 comes standard with two Harman Kardon® speakers that deliver incredible virtual surround sound through the use of Dolby® Sound Room™ technology.

The Satellite M300 also offers a variety of useful and practical features, such as a flush mounted touchpad, which rests seamlessly across the center of the palm rest with a white LED light across the top to enhance the detail-oriented finish, while providing a slight texture change so users can easily find the touchpad without looking away from the screen. Innovative Sleep-and-Charge USB ports incorporated into the M300 series allow for popular mobile devices such as MP3 players, mobile phones and PDAs to be charged whether the laptop is powered-on or off. Another convenient feature found on the Satellite M300 is the built-in Webcam with Toshiba’s facial recognition software, which offers a user a unique and fun way to gain access to the laptop based on the user’s face.

The DVD/SuperMulti drive on the Satellite M300 supports 11 formats and empowers users to take full advantage of an array of optical media. Additionally, the optical drive supports Labelflash™, which gives users the ability to burn labels and images directly onto the discs and results in a more professional end product and eliminates the need for expensive printing equipment.

The M300 series is outfitted with the variations of the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor technology, which provide users with an abundance of power to enjoy all that modern computing stands for in terms of Internet, multimedia entertainment and productivity.

The new Satellite M300 series is available at a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide or directly from Toshiba at www.toshibadirect.com. Detailed product information is available at www.explore.toshiba.com/M300.

The following configurations demonstrate some of the various specifications and price options available with the Satellite M300 series:

Satellite M305-S4822 Unique Specifications (ESUP $949.99¹)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Premium (SP1, 32-bit version)
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5550³
• 1.83GHz, 2MB L2, 667MHz FSB
• 3072MB PC5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory⁴
• Maximum capacity 4096MB
• 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disk drive⁵
• DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive supporting 11 formats
• 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT LCD display
• 1280x800 native resolution (WXGA)
• Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB-358MB dynamically allocated shared graphics⁶ memory
• Built-in Webcam and microphone
• Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g)⁷
• 3 USB Sleep-and-Charge ports
• Built-in Harman Kardon® stereo speakers
• One-year standard limited warranty⁸

Satellite M305- S4826 Unique Specifications (ESUP $1,049.99¹)
• Genuine Windows Vista® Premium (SP1, 32-bit version)
• Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8100³
• 2.10GHz, 3MB L2, 800MHz FSB
• 3072MB PC53000 DDR2 SDRAM memory⁴
• Maximum capacity 4096MB
• 250GB (5400 RPM) Serial ATA hard disc drive⁵
• DVD SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash™ drive supporting 11 formats
• 14.1-inch diagonal widescreen TruBrite® TFT LCD display
• 1280x800 native resolution (WXGA)
• Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 with 128MB-358MB dynamically allocated shared graphics6 memory
• Built-in Webcam and microphone
• Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG (802.11a/b/g)⁷
• 3 USB Sleep-and-Charge ports
• Built-in Harman Kardon® stereo speakers
• One-year standard limited warranty⁸

About Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS)
Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TAIS is comprised of four business units: Digital Products Division, Imaging Systems Division, Storage Device Division, and Telecommunication Systems Division. Together, these divisions provide mobile products and solutions, including industry leading portable computers; projectors; imaging products for the security, medical and manufacturing markets; storage products for automotive, computer and consumer electronics applications; and telephony equipment and associated applications.

TAIS provides sales, marketing and services for its wide range of information products in the United States and Latin America. TAIS is an independent operating company owned by Toshiba America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, which is a global leader in high technology and integrated manufacturing of electrical and electronic components, products and systems, as well as major infrastructure systems. Toshiba has more than 191,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of over US $60 billion (FY2006). For more information on Toshiba’s leading innovations, visit the company’s Web site at www.toshiba.com.

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1. Price. Reseller prices may vary. ESUP means “Estimated Single Unit Price.”
2. Weight. Weight may vary. See Weight Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com
3. Processor. CPU performance may vary. See Processor Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com
4. Memory. Memory size may vary. See Memory Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com.
5. Hard Disk Drive Capacity. Hard drive capacity may vary. 1 Gigabyte (GB) means 1000 x 1000 x 1000 = 1,000,000,000 bytes using powers of 10. See Hard Disk Drive Capacity Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com
6. Graphics. GPU performance may vary. See Graphics Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com
7. Wireless. May require purchase of additional software, external hardware or services. Transmission speeds may vary. See Wireless Legal Footnote at www.info.toshiba.com
8. Warranty. The terms and conditions of Toshiba’s standard limited warranty, extended warranty and service upgrade terms and conditions are available at www.warranty.toshiba.com.
9. RoHS. This product is compatible with European Union Directive 2002/95/EC. See RoHS legal footnote at www.info.toshiba.com.

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