Written by Laptopical.com on Saturday, July 19, 2008
Review of Toshiba Qosmio G45
A powerful Multimedia notebook with HD-DVD and HD-enabled features.
Toshiba Qosmio G45 Technical Specifications
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz
- Memory
- 3GB DDR2 RAM
- Harddrive
- 320GB
- OS
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Weight
- 10.6 pounds
- Screen
- 17-inch
- Screen resolution
- 1920x1200
- Graphic Card
- Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT 512MB
- Battery Life
- 2 hours
Pros
- Great everyday performance
- Good gaming performance
- HD-capable laptop
- Good sound for a laptop
- Lots of connectivity options
- Black piano chassis
- Giant 17-inch 1080p display
- HD-DVD burner
Cons
- Short battery lif
- HD
- Not for travel
- Included digital cable tuner requires CableCard
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Full review of Toshiba Qosmio G45
With Blu-ray winning HD format war, Toshiba attempted to release an HD solution in the Qosmio G45 laptop. The laptop comes with a HD-DVD burner as well as a plethora of features to support a theater-like experience starting from the powerful speakers to the razor sharp 17-inch widescreen display Large and in charge, the Qosmio G45 comes with a black-piano finish lid that contrasts the white keyboard. Although the aesthetic design is quite impressive, picking up the laptop isn’t quite impressive. The laptop weighs in at a massive 10 pounds, which will either break your back or enlarge your biceps.
Features
The Toshiba Qosmio G45 comes with everything youd expect in a multimedia machine. HDMI-in and HDMI-out, ExpressCard slot, Memory Card slot Firewire, USB 2.0, audio ports (line-in, microphone, headphone, and S/P DIF out), LAN, S-Video, DVI, power and ports for infrared remote controls. It also comes with Bluetooth 2.0 and 802.11 a/g/n. Phew! The most distinctive feature is the vibrant 1080p 17-inch Widescreen display capable of 1920x1200 resolution. What does this mean? HD quality video. Powered by GeForce 8600M graphics card, it supports for HDCP (HDMI output) and integrated HDTV encoder for 1080i/1080p TV content. Of course, having great video won’t be a complete entertainment experience with great sound. Built with 4 Harman/kardon speakers coupled with 1 Bass Reflex sub-woofer, this surround sound setup produces great sound when watching movies or digital cable.
Whether you’ll be gaming or watching HD-DVD movies, the G45 performed effectively with only a few minor slowdowns, which didn’t deter from the overall movie experience. In everyday tasks, from word processing, surfing the internet and the photo-editing, the G45 will do everything pretty well, thanks in part to the abundant 3GB RAM, which is the only upgradeable component of this laptop. The battery performance when watching a movie was dismal - lasting only half of Batman Begins on HD-DVD. The battery depleted after 1:14 into the movie with full brightness and sound on. Be sure to keep a spare battery or be near an outlet when watching movies. Otherwise, the battery performance was around 2 hours under normal, everyday use. If you need a power laptop capable of HD entertainment, Photoshop, or gaming, this unit is for you. If you plan on traveling, you probably want to opt for another system as its mediocre battery life and weight is made for the desk (or living room) and no where else.
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Written by Laptopical.com on Saturday, July 19, 2008
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User Opinions about the Toshiba Qosmio G45
I have a lot to say about the Qosmio. Firstly, the thing is just ugly. It looks like a storm trooper found in rubbel of the Death Star. But as for it's specs, it just under performs. The 8600m GT is a good gaming card, but it is an entry gaming card. It should not be used on a laptop as expensive as this one. The same goes for the processor. I'd like to see at least 2.6GHz on a laptop built for gaming and media encoding. And another point...where's the number pad? 17" laptops now come standard with number pads. There's so much extra room on the palm rest area of this laptop that it feels like Anderson Cooper's forehead.
I'd say a much better alternative would be the Factor Gaming X-91: http://www.factorgaming.com/Gaming_Laptop_X-91.php
It comes standard with a 3.0GHz processor, a 9800m GT (MUCH faster than a 8600m), and a touch pad.
My friend has one and I will be getting mine shortly (can someone say jealously?). Anyways, maybe you guys will review it one of these days.
Until then, I hope Toshiba picks up their game and stops designing ugly laptops! - BY Ted Lann
I bought an Acer Ferrari 4000 a little more then a year ago, I last the OS disc, so the laptop drive crashed once and I order a set of recovery discs from Acer, they sent me Norton ghost image instead of OS or an OEM disc and got charge.
the ghost image disc worked once but again had the same problem which laptop won't boot normally and it complains about missing system 32 file which only can be find on original disc, I called Acer technical support department several times, wasted my time and put lots of charges on my cellphone bill, even sent tones of email but didn't get any results.
Acer computers and customer support department really sucks, they don't have enough knowledge about computers. they just playing people around.
Never buy from them again and I hope they go to hell. - BY jahgol
Dear, SIR
Request for helping me as a student to give me one free laptop.
I am here by writing this letter to applying for giving me, as a student, a one free laptop that from your organization.
In fact, my name is MVUNABANDI Dominique, 24 years old. I am a 3rd year full-time student at National University of Rwanda, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, and Option Zoology & Conservation. According to NUR academic regulations, every 3rd year student in Biology Department is required to carry out a research, as a condition for the award of Bachelor’s degree in Sciences (BSC).
It is in this context, therefore, that I am kindly requesting you to give me a one free laptop that can help me in research. My TOPIC research is: " A comparative study of Gastrointestinal parasites for the Chimpanzees’’Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii’’ in NYUNGWE NATIOANL PARK, RWANDA’’.
And I am allowed to start this research in the end of November 2008.
I am Rwandan citizen from Northern Province of Rwanda and I am coming from a poor family in general. I can add that as you know our country is classified as one of the poorest countries in the world, reason why it is really very difficult for me particularly and student in general to carry out their research without technical support to use such material to use like: lap top, digital camera, flash disk, computers, books, finding journal and scientific journals,…….
I really want free laptop for completing my research projects, so please get me 1 free laptop.
Hoping that my request will be put under your consideration, I am looking to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully.
MVUNABANDI Dominique
National University of Rwanda
P.O box: 117 BUTARE-RWANDA
Registration number at NUR: 05/15918
Phone number: +250 08 22 28 91
E-mail: stud0515918@nur.ac.rw
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- BY MVUNABANDI DOMINIQUE
Dear, SIR
Request for helping me as a student to give me one free laptop.
I am here by writing this letter to applying for giving me, as a student, a one free laptop that from your organization.
In fact, my name is MVUNABANDI Dominique, 24 years old. I am a 3rd year full-time student at National University of Rwanda, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, and Option Zoology & Conservation. According to NUR academic regulations, every 3rd year student in Biology Department is required to carry out a research, as a condition for the award of Bachelor’s degree in Sciences (BSC).
It is in this context, therefore, that I am kindly requesting you to give me a one free laptop that can help me in research. My TOPIC research is: " A comparative study of Gastrointestinal parasites for the Chimpanzees’’Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii’’ in NYUNGWE NATIOANL PARK, RWANDA’’.
And I am allowed to start this research in the end of November 2008.
I am Rwandan citizen from Northern Province of Rwanda and I am coming from a poor family in general. I can add that as you know our country is classified as one of the poorest countries in the world, reason why it is really very difficult for me particularly and student in general to carry out their research without technical support to use such material to use like: lap top, digital camera, flash disk, computers, books, finding journal and scientific journals,…….
I really want free laptop for completing my research projects, so please get me 1 free laptop.
Hoping that my request will be put under your consideration, I am looking to hearing from you soon.
Yours faithfully.
MVUNABANDI Dominique
National University of Rwanda
P.O box: 117 BUTARE-RWANDA
Registration number at NUR: 05/15918
Phone number: +250 08 22 28 91
E-mail: stud0515918@nur.ac.rw
fergie1984@gmail.com
- BY MVUNABANDI DOMINIQUE
this is very good machine
and very lovely machine
- BY waseem