New Toshiba S100 is sooooo similar to the Thinkpad...

[leesiulung]

Judge for yourself at:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20 ... 81344.html

Competition is healthy for the market... wonder what IBM will do next...

[aamsel]

Sounds more "ruggedized" than Thinkpads, more like a Toughbook or such. As far as the hard drive, yes, it sounds very similar, but other than that, quite different than a Thinkpad.

Andrew
Austin, TX

Judge for yourself at:
http://www.tomshardware.com/hardnews/20 ... 81344.html

Competition is healthy for the market... wonder what IBM will do next...

[Tsuioku]

I guess the shock system is similar to that of the TPs.. but other companies are bound to catch on eventually if it becomes popular.. just look at flat screen TVs..
Other than that... it's just following the trend of notebooks these days.. Portability, lightweight and performance..

If they increase the number of options on the S100, it may become a major threat to the T43 for those that want a firewire/Geforce solution... At the moment, the 14" XGA monitor and Geforce Go 6200 poses a threat only in the lower end of the T43s...

If Toshiba gives it a SXGA or UXGA upgrade and manages to fit the 6800 in there.. then we got a brawl brewing..

[edelrc]

IBM does not need to do much more of what is doing now... Rivals are indeed matching with time what IBM has pionired but no laptop brand has even come close to rival is in Service. (and mostly Toshiba!)