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| Nice Laptop |
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2008-04-14 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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Had to have the screen replace for minor flaws. Got good and quick service with no hastles. Besides that I love the features and performance. (Read full review at Amazon)
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| NOT AS ADVERTISED! |
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2008-03-02 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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It's supposed to come with Media Center 2005, but actually comes with Media Center 2002! I know of 2 such cases: there is a sticker on the laptop that says Media Center 2005, but if you look at the system properties, it's Media Center 2002! What... (Read full review at Amazon)
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| my first toshiba!! |
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2007-12-03 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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The picture is bright and sharp you can download HD movies and it looks great.I recommend upgrading the memory to a 4gb ram so you'll be set for years to come.the wireless-g-/bluetooth works fine it pick up my router in no time,but I'm having a... (Read full review at Amazon)
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| "Poor, "Bang For The Buck" I could have done better with a $1000 Gateway or..." |
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By guido468 2007-08-26 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I would never buy a Toshiba again. The service is dismal. The product is extremely over-rated. (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: Big and flashy. |
| Cons: Does not perform to specs, hangs-up constantly, forget about tech support unless you want to hold for 30-40 minutes and talk to some moron that tell you to re-boot or restore! |
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| "Poor, "Bang For The Buck" I could have done better with a $1000 Gateway or Dell." |
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By guido468 2007-08-26 00:00:00 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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I would never buy a Toshiba again. The service is dismal. The product is extremely over-rated. (Read full review at CNET)
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| Pros: Big and flashy. |
| Cons: Does not perform to specs, hangs-up constantly, forget about tech support unless you want to hold for 30-40 minutes and talk to some moron that tell you to re-boot or restore! |
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-- TechnologyGuide Expert, TechnologyGuide  0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Today we take a look at Toshiba Canada's Qosmio G30 (specifically the PQG31C-HD202E ). The G30 closely resembles Toshiba USA's Qosmio G35-AV650 in specification so this review should give you an idea of that unit's performance. A major selling point of the G35 is the included HD-DVD -- but is it worth the price tag of $2,500? ...
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-- ConsumerSearch Expert, ConsumerSearch  0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Multimedia laptop.Reviews say the Toshiba Qosmio laptop is as much a home-theater component as it is a laptop, and at ten pounds, it isn't very portable. Complimenting its 17-inch widescreen (1440 x 900) is an internal TV tuner and the Windows XP Media Center Edition operating system, which allows you to record television (analog only) to the Qosmio's 160GB hard drive and then make hard copies with its dual-layer multiformat DVD burner. The Toshiba laptop isn't as great at 3D games as the Dell XPS M1710, but its TV tuner and excellent multimedia performance set it apart. With a top processor and components, it also makes a great desktop replacement notebook. ...
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| -- Pcworld Expert, Pcworld 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Toshiba's Qosmio remains the premier multimedia entertainment desktop replacement notebook. As if the first Qosmio Windows Media Center Edition notebooks didn't kick enough multimedia booty with instant-on TV, a slot-fed DVD burner, awesome Harman/Kardon speakers and a cool volume dial, the latest Qosmio adds hi-fi sound. According to Toshiba, the $2548 (as of March 27, 2006) Qosmio G35-AV600 is the first PC to carry a 1-bit digital amplifier--something found in many high-end home stereos. Uniting a bass-reflex speaker enclosure and subwoofer-emulating bottom air pockets, the notebook sounds fantastic--as thumpy and crystal clear as any external speakers that come bundled with a desktop PC. No other notebook's audio comes close. Toshiba's top-of-the-line consumer notebook also boasts an Intel dual-core processor, a 17-inch WXGA+ wide-aspect screen, a full-size keyboard, and a pair of 80GB RAID-configurable hard drives. Equipped with Intel's new 1.83-GHz Core Duo T2400 processor and 1GB of system RAM, the Qosmio earned a good WorldBench 5 score of 92. Dual processors speed up multitasking, which we saw in the Qosmio's performance results. The Qosmio's remarkable 3.8-hour battery life gives you the option of leaving the electrical outlet behind for a while. An instant-on TV button above the keyboard continues to be one of the Qosmio's defining features. Another button lets you watch a movie or play a CD without booting Windows. You'll find the rest of the entertainment applications--including software for managing photo slide shows and videos, and the ability to pause and record live TV--inside Windows Media Center. This notebook is decked out in nearly all respects. It lacks a DVI flat-panel monitor port, but you get an ExpressCard slot, a fingerprint reader, a three-in-one media card reader, both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi wireless readiness, and two headphone ports, including a shared S/PDIF minijack for connecting digital speakers or enhancing the headphone experience with Dolby virtual surround sound. Aside from the lack of DVI output, the Qosmio offers an exceptional array of video connections, including component-out, composite-in, and both S-Video-in and S-Video-out. The notebook has a minijack instead of a full coaxial cable connection, which means you have to keep track of a short adapter cable. I thought the new dual-mode touchpad was useful. Tapping an on/off icon in the upper right corner fills the membrane with brightly backlit shortcut icons. After some practice, I could launch e-mail and my three favorite applications with the tap of a finger. My favorite shortcut consisted of controlling speaker volume by sliding a finger up or down the touchpad's scroll zone. The Qosmio's only serious disappointment relates to gaming. In our tests, the G35-AV600 fell flat because of its low-powered nVidia Geforce Go 7300 graphics card. Far Cry looked pretty good and played at a smooth 44 frames per second, but in our other game tests the Qosmio could barely keep up with the action, at one point dropping to fewer than 9 fps. By May, an updated model, the Qosmio G35-AV650, will be available with a high-definition optical drive for playing the handful of available HD DVD movies. The company couldn't say when the Qosmio would be available with a high-definition TV tuner for recording HDTV. -- Carla Thornton ...
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| -- CNET Expert, CNET 0 out of 0 found this reivew helpful |
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| Since its debut in August 2004, Toshiba's Qosmio line has been at the forefront of laptop technology. With the third-generation model, the Qosmio G35-AV600, Toshiba again delivers a best-in-class multimedia experience that's built on a state-of-the-art set of components, including Intel's new Core Duo chipset, and includes virtually every feature under the sun. As with past models, the G35-AV600 offers one of the best 17-inch wide-screen displays around, a double-layer DVD drive, and an integrated TV tuner, as well as a full complement of ports and connections, a rocking set of stereo speakers, and an unparalleled set of multimedia controls. Thankfully, the price has dropped to $2,399 (from $3,000 for past top-of-the-line models), but this laptop is still a bit much for the casual user. You can certainly get many of these features, albeit in scaled-down form, in other entertainment-themed notebooks, many of which, such as the HP Pavilion dv8000z , the Dell Inspiron E1705 , the Fujitsu LifeBook N series , and the Sony VAIO AX , start at a significantly lower price point. The one thing that's missing from the latest-generation Qosmio, however, is strong gaming performance; unlike past models, the G35-AV600 features a rather low-end GPU, and its gaming performance suffers as a result. Still, if you're looking for a full-featured digital-entertainment system that's portable enough to move from room to room, the Qosmio G35-AV600 is hands-down the best of the lot. The Qosmio G35-AV600 is a very big laptop, even for a desktop replacement . Slightly heavier than the previous model , it runs about 16 inches wide, 11.5 inches deep, and just shy of 2 inches thick; it weighs 10.2 pounds, or 11.5 pounds with its big AC adapter. The keyboard has large, firm keys, though there is no separate number pad, as found on the Pavilion dv8000 and the LifeBook N6210. Above the keyboard resides the most complete set of system and A/V controls we've seen on a laptop; highlights include dedicated controls for display brightness (a rarity on laptops), video signal in and out, and Dolby Home Theater sound. The Qosmio G35-AV600's touch pad is another unique touch; embedded in it are a number of configurable quick-launch buttons, as well as a volume control. We found it a bit finicky to use but appreciated the ingenuity. Still, we wish there were a touch-pad on/off button--one of our favorite features for a desktop replacement. Otherwise, the Qosmio G35-AV600 offers a complete array of multimedia features and connections for audio (external volume control wheel, headphone and microphone jacks, S/PDIF jack), video (S-Video input and output, VGA out, coaxial input for connecting to a TV signal cable), and data (four USB 2.0 ports, one four-pin FireWire port). Networking connections include 10/100/1000 Ethernet, an Intel 802.11a/b/g wireless, Bluetooth, and a V.92 modem. Finally, you get one slot for a PC Card and another for an ExpressCard ; a 5-in-1 card reader; and a cool, slot-loading double-layer DVD drive. Our one beef is that the port labels are small and virtually invisible, blending in with the black plastic of the laptop's edge. The Qosmio G35-AV600 is no joke when it comes to audio performance. The triple threat of a 1-bit digital amplifier, Dolby Home Theater, and Harman Kardon stereo speakers delivers extremely loud, crisp, and full sound. Still, the speakers' positioning, below the display, makes for muffled sound when the lid is shut--other laptops with front-edge speakers, such as the Pavilion dv8000 and the Inspiron E1705, sound good even with the lid closed. This notebook has one of the brightest wide-aspect 17-inch displays we've seen on a laptop--on a par with high-end models from Sony and Fujitsu and significantly brighter than Dell's and HP's (though the new dual-lamp dv8000 model comes closer). That said, the Qosmio G35-AV600's 1,440x900 native resolution isn't as fine as we'd like and affords less screen real estate than the Dell and HP models, which feature a superfine 1,920x1,200 native resolution. The Qosmio G35-AV600's Media Center remote control provides a full complement of multimedia controls and the built-in IR window means that you don't need an external receiver--an improvement over the previous model. We also received a very long USB 2.0 cable, a coaxial cable dongle, a set of composite cables, and a set of optical audio cables. The laptop comes preloaded with Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 , as well as a nice package of software, including Nero and InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2 for disc burning, plus a number of system utilities. As with previous models, Toshiba stuffed the Qosmio G35-AV600 full of high-end components to support its wide-ranging multimedia aspirations. For the $2,399 price, you get a 1.83GHz Intel Centrino Core Duo processor; 1GB of DDR2 RAM; a huge, 160GB SATA hard drive spinning at a brisk 5,400rpm; the one exception is Nvidia's bottom-rung GeForce Go 7300 GPU, with 256MB of dedicated video memory. These components delivered very strong performance in CNET Labs' benchmarks , and the Qosmio G35-AV600 turned in a SysMark score that was almost 20 percent higher than the Qosmio G25-AV513's, and well ahead of the single-core competition, including the VAIO VGN-AX570G, the Pavilion dv8000, and the LifeBook N6210. That said, the top-shelf Inspiron E1705 we tested, which costs almost $200 more, bested the Qosmio G35-AV600 by a slight margin in our SysMark test, probably due to its slightly faster processor. The biggest surprise, however, was that the Qosmio G35-AV600 fell flat in our gaming tests; the previous version came with an Nvidia GPU that was one step down from the top, but the Qosmio G35-AV600's GeForce Go 7300 GPU is pure entry-level. Equipped with the GeForce Go 7300 GPU and 256MB of VRAM, it still managed to turn in only 7.5 measly frames per second (fps) in our Doom 3 test. The Inspiron E1705, for contrast, scored 56.5fps. Toshiba backs its laptops with an industry-standard one-year limited parts-and-labor warranty and 24/7 toll-free phone support for the life of the warranty--not the life of the product. Toshiba's support Web site is industrial strength and very well organized. It features sections for driver downloads, tech support, warranty and service, and interactive support. Toshiba preloads the Qosmio's hard drive with a whole bunch of service and support utilities, and the system comes with both a helpful orientation flyer and a complete, but not overwhelming, printed resource guide. SysMark 2004 performance (Longer bars indicate faster performance) BAPCo SysMark 2004 rating SysMark 2004 Internet content creation SysMark 2004 office productivity Dell Inspiron E1705 211 281 159 Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 197 259 150 Toshiba Qosmio G25 161 189 138 Fujitsu LifeBook N6210 146 174 123 HP dv8000z 144 182 114 Doom 3 performance (Longer bars indicate faster performance) Id Software/Activision's Doom 3 Dell Inspiron E1705 56.5 Toshiba Qosmio G25 46 HP dv8000z 20.1 Fujitsu LifeBook N6210 10.1 Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 7.5 Dell Inspiron E1705 Windows XP Media Center; 2GHz Intel Core Duo T2500; 1GB DDR2 SDRAM PC5300 666MHz; Nvidia GeForce Go 7800 Go 256MB; Fujitsu MHV2080BH 80GB 5,400rpm Fujitsu LifeBook N6210 Windows XP Home; 1.86GHz Intel Pentium M 750; 1GB DDR SDRAM PC4300 533MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon x600 128MB; 2 Fujitsu MHV2100AT 100GB 4,200rpm HP Pavilion dv8000z Windows XP Pro; 2.2GHz Turion 64 ML-40; 1GB DDR SDRAM PC2700 333MHz; ATI Mobility Radeon Xpress 200 Series 128MB; Seagate ST9100822A 100GB 4200rpm & Toshiba MK1031GAS 100GB 4,200rpm Toshiba Qosmio G25 Windows XP Professional; 2GHz Intel Pentium M 760; 1GB PC 3200 DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz; Nvidia GeForce Go 6600 128MB; (2) Fujitsu MHT2060BH 5,400rpm Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Windows XP Media Center; 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo T2400; 1GB PC4300 DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz; Nvidia GeForce Go 7300 512MB; Toshiba MK8032GSX 75GB 5,400rpm & Toshiba MK8032GSX 80GB 5,400rpm ...
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| Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz ( Dual-Core ) 1 GB / 4 GB (max) 17" TFT active matrix 160GB Notebook |
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