Toshiba Accepting Windows 8 Pre-orders Discussion

[Sarah White]

Toshiba has announced that its line-up of Windows 8 ready Satellite laptops, Ultrabooks, Qosimo laptops, and All-in-One desktops are currently available for pre-order and will ship starting October 26.

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[Mitlov]

Has Toshiba given you any hands-on time with the U925t Ivy Bridge convertible? Most companies have been promoting the heck out of their new Ivy Bridge convertible tablets (IdeaPad Yoga and Vaio Duo 11 and XPS Duo 12 spring to mind), but Toshiba is barely publicizing this new model, even though it's arguably one of the most appealing models they sell right now. Good materials, good specs, practical design for Windows 8, etc.

[Jerry Jackson]

I feel like most PC makers are split in multiple directions trying to figure out what to promote and what will resonate with buyers this holiday season. On one hand, basic (traditional) desktop replacement laptops with budget configurations and some higher-priced premium thin and light laptops sold well last year but Windows 8 and new hybrid laptops/tablets might shake things up this holiday season.

As a result, companies with a wide variety of models struggle to promote all of their products compared to companies like Apple that have a very limited lineup (when compared to Windows PC manufacturers).

Personally, I'm more excited about the hybrid/convertible notebooks/tablets with x86 processors (Intel and AMD) running the standard version of Windows 8 (not Windows 8 RT).

[jrryc890]

Do any of those toshiba laptops have touchscreen imput?

[Mitlov]

Do any of those toshiba laptops have touchscreen imput?

The U925t slider convertible does. There's a good hands-on video of it here:

Toshiba unveils U925t Ultrabook with slide-out touchscreen, keeps the price a secret for now -- Engadget