It later eclipsed Toshiba's primary premium line of Satellites, the A series, in 2011.

The first entry in the series, the P25, was one of the first laptops to feature a widescreen 17-in LCD, following in the footsteps of Apple's PowerBook G4 released the same year.

[4] Features of the 2012-issue P series models included Nvidia GeForce graphics processing units, Harman Kardon speakers, optional touchscreen displays and backlit keyboards as standard.

Toshiba offered 15.6- or 17.3-inch-diagonal screens for these models at 1080p resolution, with an bevel-free design for the display housings.

[6] Toshiba discontinued the P series in 2016 along with the entire Satellite line of laptops.