Toshiba announces Satellite C660 laptop

Toshiba C660 - out in October
Toshiba C660 - out in October

Toshiba has announced the arrival of the latest laptop in its Satellite range, the Satellite C660.

The laptops pack 4GB RAM, processors from Intel and AMD, and a hard drive of up to 500GB.

The screen is a 15.6-inch TruBrite HD widescreen display, which pipes through 1,366 x 768 pixels.

Satellite of love

When it comes to connectivity, there are 2x USB, Multi-Card Reader and Ethernet, and Toshiba has also managed to squeeze in a VGA Web Camera with Face Recognition and microphone.

There's no Blu-ray functionality on the laptops, but there is a DVD burner and a shed-load of bundled software, including Windows 7, Microsoft Office Starter 2010 and Nero 9 Essentials.

As well as the Satellite C660, there is also the Satellite C660 Pro, which comes with Windows 7 Professional.

The Toshiba Satellite C660 and Satellite Pro C660 have a UK release date of October, with pricing to be announced.

Marc Chacksfield

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