Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 Available

Toshiba today announced the availability of the Qosmio G45-AV680, the first notebook PC in the new G45 audio-video series. The 17-inch Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680, “the first U.S. model to feature an HD DVD-R (writable) optical drive and full 1080p playback resolution”, uses Intel “Santa Rosa” platform, NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT graphics, and the Dolby surround sound technology.

Along with HD DVD playback, HD DVD media burning, and 1080p quality delivered by a 17-inch diagonal widescreen Ultimate TruBrite 1920×1200 display, the Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 provides a HDMI output for connection to external High Definition TV or monitor. There are also Toshiba’s external USB HDTV Tuner and a remote controller. Regarding audio features, the first Qosmio G45 comes with four built-in Harman Kardon Bass Reflex stereo speakers, a built-in subwoofer, a 1 Bit Digital Amplifier, and Dolby Home Theater technology.

The notebook’s graphics is powered by the DirectX 10-compatible NVIDIA’s GeForce 8600M GT video card with 512MB DDR2 of discrete memory. The whole system is based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” PM965 chipset, paired with the Core 2 Duo T7300 processor at 2GHz. The Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 is configured with 2GB of DDR2 system memory, which is expandable up to 4GB, while for faster application loading and boot up there is an 1GB Intel Turbo Memory module. This laptop has 320GB of storage capacity, using two 160GB Serial-ATA hard disk drives. The PC maker didn’t provide info regarding hard drives’ rotational speed.

The Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV680 supports wireless N connectivity, provided by the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (802.11a/g/n). There are also a Gigabit Ethernet, a 56k modem, and a Bluetooth. For video chat and conferencing, the G45 uses web camera and microphone built into LCD bezel.

Besides HDMI, the laptop has VGA and S-Video outputs. Other ports and slots include five USBs, both ExpressCard and PCMCIA card slots, a 5-in-1 media card reader, and a Firewire. Regarding security, there is a fingerprint reader.

Starting at 10.6 lbs, the Qosmio G45-AV680 sports “a striking piano-key white glossy finish, which is starkly contrasted by a silver volume control knob and Qosmio AV Controller”. In addition, each control knob has blue backlight.

The Toshiba Qosmio G45 comes with 32-bit Windows Vista Ultimate operating system (supports up to approximately 3GB of RAM) and is available at www.toshibadirect.com and a variety of major consumer electronics and computer stores nationwide. The first G45 is priced at $3,199.

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