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Carefree Mobile Computing
Ever worked on a jigsaw where a piece is missing? You never get the whole picture. Finding a notebook that meets today's needs is all about finding the pieces of the mobile working puzzle: light and fast; rugged and tough; secure and reliable; connected and flexible. With Toshiba's new range of notebooks, you get it all - and it fits together perfectly.

In this Learn More article, we run through the Toshiba EasyGuard concept - what it is and what it offers you. We will outline the three core elements of Toshiba EasyGuard (Protect & Fix,Secure and Connect) and explain the technological features that make our EasyGuard products special. Then, our product matrix can help you choose a product based on which features are most important to you. Finally our Press Reports section shows you what the experts say about Toshiba EasyGuard - and how they think it fulfills the promise of "carefree mobile computing".



PROTECT AND FIX

The moment you take your notebook computer out of your home, the risk of damage increases. With enhanced mobility, drop and malfunction risks start to multiply. The incorporated protective design features and diagnostics utilities of the Protect & Fix element of Toshiba EasyGuard provide advanced system protection and ensure maximum uptime.

The protective design features and diagnostics utilities for maximum uptime are listed below.

Toshiba RAID: With Toshiba RAID Support, users benefit from maximised productivity by ensuring that all data is backed up and protected on a separate hard disk drive.

Spill-resistant Keyboard: Extra insulation and water resistance incorporated into the system in order to delay damage from accidental spills.

Shock Protection Design: Specially designed shock absorption that encloses key components, such as HDD, LCD and inverter to help reduce risk of damage in case of accidental shock, vibration or fall.

HDD Protection: Features shock absorber material around the HDD and a unique 3-axis motion monitoring system that is capable of detecting free fall in all directions.
Anti-theft Protection Timer: Allows users to set up a timer-activated BIOS password that prevents unauthorised system access in the event of theft.

Easy Fix Components: Offer easy access to components such as memory, HDD, Wireless LAN and Bluetooth™ modules for reduced maintenance costs and minimised system downtime.

Durable Design: Robust system design - assured through testing - means improved product quality, reliability and durability.

Magnesium Casework: Special alloy casework ensures robustness while providing the lightness required from a notebook computer.

PC Diagnostics: Specially developed Toshiba software provides one-touch system support and services.

Kensington Lock: All Toshiba notebooks include this industry standard external locking device, which helps to prevent notebook theft.

SECURE


When mobility gets a boost, so do the threats to your data. These threats come in many forms such as theft, viruses, worms, Trojan horses and intrusive applications like SpyWare. In order to answer today’s security concerns of authentication, data and system integrity, confidentiality and reliability of information, the Secure element of Toshiba EasyGuard delivers enhanced system and data security.



Execute Disable Bit (XD-Bit): Industry standard way to prevent buffer overflow virus attacks.

Trusted Platform Module: Industry standard hardware / software security solution that protects sensitive data, using encryption and digital signatures to ensure content integrity and privacy.


Device Lock: Toshiba software utility that allows flexible locking of specific devices in order to prevent unauthorised access to computer or copying of confidential files.

Password Utilities: Toshiba software utilities that allow system administrators and users to set up boot and HDD access passwords.

Fingerprint Reader: Single-touch convenient and fast fingerprint password authentication for all system passwords (BIOS, HDD, Windows).

Antivirus Software: Symantec’s Norton Internal Security 2005 provides up-to-date protection against viruses, hackers, and privacy threats.



CONNECT

The Connect element of Toshiba EasyGuard ensures easy and reliable wired and wireless connections. These features provide the strongest wired and wireless connections available, seamless wireless connectivity, easy connectivity diagnostics and assistance, easy Bluetooth access -- all of which adds up to enhanced access to real-time information, self-sufficient, intuitive mobility for the user and reduced support time for IT.



ConfigFree™: Software developed by Toshiba that allows users to quickly and easily set up a network connection, troubleshoot any connectivity problems and capture a complete set of location settings for easy, one-button future use.

Diversity Antenna: Toshiba innovation (2 Wi-Fi™ antennae and 1 Bluetooth® antenna in LCD display) provides better wireless signal reception and optimal wireless network connectivity.

Toshiba Summit: Software developed by Toshiba for net meeting productivity and easy wireless file sharing.

Wireless LAN Switch: Sliding switch for easy and secure activation / deactivitation of integrated Wireless LAN modules.