More Toshiba laptops will be cheap

Toshiba's new president said it is looking to expand its market share of low-cost laptops by developing many models for just under $ 599.

Toshiba will release two more low-cost laptops. Photo: Wheretobuylaptop Toshiba has been slow to meet the needs of cheaper netbooks and PCs than some of its rivals, but now it has pledged to launch more products following market trends, said Norio Sasaki, Toshiba's new president. said at a press conference in Tokyo (Japan) today.

The biggest current trend in laptop computing is netbooks and cheap machines. A recent survey by DisplaySearch found that nearly 6 million netbooks sold in the first quarter of this year accounted for about 20% of the laptop market share. This is a big jump from the same period last year when less than 1 million netbooks were shipped.

" The shift to low-priced products is obvious so our products must be consistent ," Sasaki said.

Toshiba currently has netbooks and three laptops in the Satellite family for less than $ 599, but the number of products will be expanded.

" For $ 599, the product is very cheap. But we want to increase our products at this price from 4 to 6 ," he added, but did not specify whether two new laptop models will be available at low prices. this.