Toshiba Qosmio G30 to hit UK in April

We really wish it was a US price and launch date they were announcing, but Toshiba looks locked and loaded to loose the Qosmio G30 on the UK some time in April for the princely sum of 2,300 (~$4,000 US). We know this thing packs in some sweet features (most notably, of course, its HD DVD drive, as well as a 2GHz Core Duo processor, 17-inch 1920 x 1200 display, dual 120GB RAID drives, DVB-T tuner, TV tuner, etc.), but damned is that a bank breaker for the back breaker. Guess having every single possible feature you can possibly imagine in a single laptop (no word on HDCP-output, however) comes at a cost.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 12:02PM]

This is not exactly cutting edge. There is a higher clock frequency (>2.0 GHz) for the core duo chip.

[gadgetrph Posted Mar 7th 2006 12:58PM]

I've never really liked Toshiba laptops for some reason.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 1:02PM]

By spec, perhaps not top-of-the-line. Build quality and the overall package (e.g. 120Gx2 HDDs) might put it on the top of most people's wishlist?

Any owners of G20s out there got anything to share?
--VL

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 1:02PM]

With dual hard drives, the battery in that will last fr what? 10 minutes? seems like a moderm version of strong bad's laptop, if y'all know what that is

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 3:00PM]

I think the Lappy has a 5 minute battery span.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 3:25PM]

The Dell i9400 i'm sitting behind right now matches the spec's of that thing and costs about 50%. [actually has a 256mb 7800 video card] (dosen't have the RAID setup, but i can live without, i guess a firewire raid would be just as good)

/gets 1 hour battery life :(
//big screen is great for development work
///games great with the 7800 series card
////will be blind in 2 years...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 4:38PM]

Man Oh Man....I have a Qosmio G25 that I've had for 6 months now, that I absolutely love. Bought mine to replace a desktop at home, yet still be SEMI-Portable.
Needless to say, I'll be envious of the new G30 Owners.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 4:55PM]

Your dell doesn't have 2 120gb hard drives, and no, it also doesn't have HD DVD player. Yeah, your dell is missing a regular tv tuner and a digital tv tuner too.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 5:38PM]

Looks great!
Like a better looking Thinkpad or something.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2006 10:42AM]

galaxie, your Dell i9400 has an HD-DVD drive and an HDTV Tuner in it?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2006 11:47AM]

Well, I think we can get much better stuff on a desktop at this price. better everything. why should we carry a such heavy thing around? but it exists here for some reason. let buyers judge it!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2006 5:09PM]

is g30 better or g35 which one r u likely to buy or prefer if u have money

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 18th 2006 5:10PM]

is g30 or g35 better which to buy thx alot