Perhaps to compete with this Asus gamng notebook announcement, Toshiba has announced three gaming notebooks of its own: the P100-ST9752, Satellite P100-ST9762 and Satellite P100-ST9772 (shown). All boast Windows Ultimate.

Toshiba quotes a $1,999 price point for all of the P100 models, although a quick check of the Toshiba Web site (the only place they're currently being sold, by the way) reveals that the ST9752 is priced at $1,999, while the ST9772 is priced at $2,899, without all of the fancy add-ons.

All the models weigh about 7.1 pounds, and feature a 17-inch widescreen LCD; the two higher-end models offer 1680x1050 native resolution, while the ST9752 supports 1440x900 native resolution. The two higher-end models also offer the Intel core 2 Duo T7200, which runs at 2.0-GHz and offers 4MB of shared cache; the ST9752 includes the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5600 standard, which runs at 1.83-GHz and offers 2MB of shared cache.

Let's see: Since we're talking gaming, let's get to the gaming specs: 1GB of PC5300 DDR-2 memory on the lower two models, 2GB on the ST-9772; a 160GB hard drive on the ST9762 and ST9772, with a 120GB drive reserved for the cheaper notebook. A "DVD Super Multi" drive covers all of the read-write standard DVD formats, while 802.11/b/g supports covers the wireless bases. Four USB 2.0 ports are included.

All of the notebooks include Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, a higher-speed version of Bluetooth, although it requires compatible peripherals to provide the true speed enhancement.

Post by Mark Hachman