Toshiba's Satellite X205-SLI goes Penryn

We know you Toshiba lovers out there have been twiddling your thumbs for weeks on end just waiting, praying, hoping that the beastly X205-SLI would get updated with a Penryn chip. Thankfully for all four of you, the wait is over. Announced today, Tosh is cranking out the 17-inch X205-SLi2 and X205-SLi4, which both house a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo T8100 processor, integrated HD DVD-ROM / DVD burner, built-in Harman Kardon speakers (with subwoofer) and twin 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPUs. As for the former, you'll find 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a pair of 160GB 5400 RPM drives, a 1,440 x 900 resolution panel, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, 802.11a/g/n WiFi, webcam / microphone and a fingerprint reader to boot. The SLi4 ups the ante by tossing in an extra gig of memory, 7200 RPM HDDs, an external USB HDTV tuner, 1,680 x 1,050 panel and a bundled remote. Grab yours now for $1,999.99 or $2,499.99, respectively.

[gijs @ Feb 5th 2008 9:45AM]

I want the game onscreen. Can anybody tell me what it is??:)

[Jerk Face @ Feb 5th 2008 10:28AM]

Wish I knew! It's the only reason I clicked on this post.

[Perry @ Feb 5th 2008 10:22AM]

Or just but the Gateway 6831fx that has a 8800 GTS and trounces this for half the price.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4208

was on sale last week for $1250

[Ken Land @ Feb 5th 2008 10:28AM]

The Toshiba is running dual video cards in SLI, not just one like the gateway. Big difference.

On a side note, I have the x205-SLI1 and love it. Well worth the cost.

[Ryan @ Feb 9th 2008 5:38PM]

in response to Ken...... 2 8600 in SLI do NOT equal 1 8800 GTS... 8800 GTS blows them away....

[Leroy Vargas @ Feb 5th 2008 9:49PM]

Not impressed. The most expensive version doesn't even sport 1920x1200 resolution! Come on, if you really want to promote HD-DVD, then you should also promote 1080i or 1080p! Not a lousy 1680x1050 screen which can only fit at most 720p! Right now, Sony is still the winner with its 1920x1200 VAIOs equipped with Blu-ray burners! (Anyway, I'm still sticking to my custom-made desktop with my vintage Dell 2405FPW screen and LiteOn BD-burner... Just ordered a faster Athlon X2 4800+ CPU to see if my issues with MPEG4/VC1 are to be gone...)