Archive for the 'Toshiba Qosmio' Category

A voluntary recall of 340,000 laptop batteries made by Sony was officially announced in the United States today. The latest-recalled lithium ion batteries containing Sony cells were used in Fujitsu’s, Gateway’s, Sony’s, and Toshiba’s notebook computers. These lithium ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published.

According to the CPSC’s press release, consumers should stop using the recalled batteries immediately unless otherwise instructed.

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Toshiba laptops are not affected by Sony battery issue, Toshiba published on its ToshibaDirect.com site. According to information published after investigation with Sony, Toshiba have found no evidence that the laptop battery problem reported by Dell and Apple in their latest recalls applies to its notebook PCs.

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Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV660 - AVPC is the company’s first laptop featuring new Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile (Merom) processor. The 17-inch widescreen Qosmio G35-AV660 with HD DVD-ROM integrated costs $3500 and it comes with Intel Core 2 Duo 7200 CPU running on 2GHz with 4MB of cache, 2048MB of RAM, GeForce Go 7600 graphics, two 120GB hard-drives and a integrated TV tuner.

The G35-AV660 comes with Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 and is Windows Vista Premium Ready. This laptop, unlike previous G35-AV650 with 32-bit Core Duo processor, supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.

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Announced in May, Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 is the first laptop computer for the U.S. market to incorporate an HD DVD-ROM drive. Here are the most relevant Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 review qoutes.

:: LAPTOP Magazine - Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 Review
This Qosmio’s bump up in clock speed from 1.83 GHz to 2GHz resulted in a MobileMark 2005 score of 231, ten points higher than the AV600. Battery life was surprisingly strong for this size of machine, lasting 3 hours and 5 minutes with Wi-Fi off.

A dual-mode touchpad switches between the standard Cursor Mode and Button Mode, which lets consumers map frequently-used applications to six Virtual Buttons; this is extremely handy for those with a handful of favorite programs. Among the included software are Intervideo WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum and Sonic Solutions Record Now! Basic.

The Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 sets a new standard in multimedia notebooks with its inclusion of an HD-DVD drive. When you consider that Toshiba’s standalone HD-DVD player costs $499, and that the remaining $100 gap between the G35-AV600 and AV650 gets you a higher-res 1080p screen, much faster graphics, and a bigger hard drive, the $2,999 total is much easier to swallow.

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Toshiba introduced the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650, the first laptop computer shipping in the U.S. to incorporate an HD DVD-ROM drive.

Designed for optimum digital entertainment immersion and multimedia capabilities, the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 with HD DVD-ROM allows consumers to enjoy high-definition movies anywhere in the home or on the go with external power. Backwards-compatible2 with current DVD formats, the HD DVD-ROM drive allows users to continue playing compatible discs from their existing DVD collections. To fully experience and enjoy HD DVD movies as well as games and other multimedia content, the Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV650 also features:
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Toshiba yesterday introduced the Qosmio G35-AV600, the latest version of its flagship “four-in-one” audio-video entertainment notebook for an estimated single unit price of $2,399.

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Toshiba’s Mobile Entertainment Assault
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