Toshiba intros Qosmio G55, X305 and F55 gaming laptops

Not like it's any surprise, but Toshiba has just certified that the potent Qosmio G55 we peeked earlier this week is indeed more than a figment of someone's imagination. The 18.4-inch (that's the screen size) laptop is the world's first to pack the Cell-based SpursEngine, which Tosh is re-christening the Quad Core HD processor. Moving on, we've got the 17.1-inch X305, which includes a GeForce 9800 GTX, DDR3 memory, up to 400GB of HDD space and a red-flamed Rouge design. Lastly, the F55 comes in with a more common 15.4-inch display, GeForce 9700 GTS card and integrated GPS receiver / Garmin mapping software. The whole lot packs HDMI ports with REGZA LINK technology, Feathertouch multimedia buttons, an eSATA port and Harman Kardon speakers with a built-in "subwoofer." Check 'em out later this summer for a pretty penny.

[nathan.wong @ Jun 17th 2008 9:49AM]

SWEET!

[natels @ Jun 17th 2008 9:51AM]

Looks much nicer.. But does the 18" regard the screen size or the whole laptop's size?

[TareX @ Jun 17th 2008 9:56AM]

pefection. it's gonna cost.

[tomo @ Jun 17th 2008 9:58AM]

i do wonder how much.... i got £1,500 ($3,000 ish)budget for a new laptop but i dont reckon i'll be able to get one of these even with that!

[Ryan @ Jun 17th 2008 10:01AM]

i seriously hope its the whole laptop size, but ive never known a company to put anything other than screen size. 18.4 inches is so overkill. I could hardly consider this a "laptop".

[natels @ Jun 17th 2008 10:25AM]

Yea that's what I was thinking.. 18 seems outrageous, then again, the specs are outrageous too so you never know.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Jun 17th 2008 11:25AM]

18.4 inchs are the new 17 inches just because they are true widescreen at 16:9. Also thats why 16. inch are replacing 15.4. All to do with aspect ratios.

[happy_penguin @ Jun 17th 2008 12:13PM]

I doubt it's intended to be a "laptop". It's a high performance desktop replacement, designed for portability but not intended to just carry around all the time.

[konshuss @ Jun 17th 2008 10:22AM]

white hulk smash tiny laptop! need 40 inches!

[Mile @ Jun 17th 2008 11:15AM]

Seriously, if that screen is 18 inches, that hand is HUGE!

[Some Kid @ Jun 17th 2008 10:30AM]

i believe that they could put a sub in that collasal monster
anywho-where is a tv tuner?
thats what i really want for something i need to uhaul everywhere
and are these gonna have Centrino 2s cause other than the spursengine it dednt metion anything about procs
or will there run on a mysterious AMD chip we know nothing about????

[Mobius_1 @ Jun 17th 2008 10:52AM]

F55 specs = tempting, hopefully not too expensive and it could be in my hands come upgrade time

[Make Money Online @ Jun 17th 2008 10:59AM]

This is a really great laptop for gamers.

[Iridium @ Jun 17th 2008 11:14AM]

If the F55 is $1200-1300 I'll buy it. Toshiba can go screw themselves if it is more expensive. I laughed when the new ASUS gaming laptop wass more expensive than the previous model with almost the same specs.

I'll just buy the Gateway FX for $1200. Still the best overall buy. There are so many garbage latops with great GPUs and great laptops with garbage GPUs. Why can't there be a class of good laptops with good GPUs. Oh yeah you can't rip people off on them.

[Not Yet @ Jun 17th 2008 11:18AM]

The HDMI is "out" not in I presume, and reading "around" the specs it only ships with a very standard def DVD drive. Kind of a waste of the HD screen etc. or can we throw a blu-ray drive under the bonnet?

[Mile @ Jun 17th 2008 11:42AM]

I "think" we'll have to "wait" until it comes out to "know" for sure.

[silverblackvoid @ Jun 17th 2008 11:44AM]

great. an 18.4-inch lappie. now, all i need is a holdall in my back. and with a battery life of about 2 mins?

[coolbee @ Jun 17th 2008 12:30PM]

ONLY a 9800m GTX in X305?!?
COME ON...

I'll only consider getting it once they put GTX 280m into that thing, looking at NVIDIA's track record, that'll be in a few years time.

[Steve A. @ Jun 17th 2008 1:17PM]

I for one am very happy to hear that they're putting a subwoofer back into their gaming laptops. My last laptop was a Toshiba (I forget the model number), and it had a built in sub, with harmon kardon speakers. I thought it was just a gimmick at first, but man, that was the best sounding laptop I've ever heard. The speakers could crank up without sounding distorted, and while it didn't shake the house, the little sub really did put off good lows.

I took it apart and discovered that they used an interesting ducting trick though the case to give the sub much more 'boom' than you'd expect with a little laptop speaker.

I love my Asus laptop now, but the speakers are tinny and a big let down compared to my old Toshiba.

[Pentium @ Jun 17th 2008 7:37PM]

Great news, so will the G45 price go down?

[xB Owner @ Jun 17th 2008 8:18PM]

I'll definitely be keeping my eye on these when they are released in a month. I've been shopping "gaming capable" notebooks and had been disappointed with Toshiba's options until now. The F55 looks like it might even fit within my price range.

[Thomas @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:37PM]

I got a Toshiba P-100 with a Nvidia 7900GS 2 Years ago.
Had to upgrade the memory to 2 GB and the HD is slow.
But It plays most FPS in a great way. I even plaid Crysis .... not so great.

Combination of Extreme Processor and 9800 ... sounds good, gives Dell something to worry about.

Lets hope they Put 2x7200rpmx200GB HD and 4 GB of DDR3 mem.
Funny how some peolpe think the X305 comes with an SLI ....

[MastaG @ Jul 20th 2008 10:19AM]

I seriously NEED this laptop! I'm a film student and current laptop cant keep up with the HD cameras we're now using for filming and plus the thing is absolutly falling apart and crashing (just turns of with a click pop) when i try and do any more than one thing at a time. Its a HP Pavilion DV8000, lovely laptop when i got it but the more hateful thing in the world now!!! Anyways I live in N.Ireland, UK, and have be searching for information regarding a european release date as due to export laws or something i cant order one for the states. I need a new laptop badly by the time uni starts again in september so i wondering if anyone has any idea if this machine is likely to be released to us Europeans anytime soon or would i be better off looking elsewhere? Any info be really appreciated! Cheers!

[rkm @ Aug 8th 2008 2:59AM]

the X305 is the best with is fury red exterior! its at $1550 wow!

[Scott Rayne @ Sep 4th 2008 11:20AM]

I purchased one of these units about 2 weeks ago and I am totally satisfied with it! I bought the G55-Q802 and the 18.4 inch display is dazzling! It handles WoW with not trouble, the hard drive's total 500 GB which is massive, the unit just barely gets warm (compared to my Acer Aspire 3000 which you could amlost cook on), it's fast, it's quiet, and it's an all-around nice unit.

On the downside, the keyboard is glossy and shows fingerprints instantly, it's a large laptop (duh), and at 10.8 pounds it's a pretty hefty "portable" but I wanted a larger display and for my needs this was a perfect fit. I was considering a Dell Studio 17 also.

I read somewhere that buying from Toshiba directly was a mistake so I purchased mine from www.computers4sure.com and they shipped same-day via UPS Ground from the east coast and I had it in 2 days (but it currently shows out of stock on their site).

My video review of this laptop can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvdGtkmo7oE Good Luck!