Toshiba gets serious with $4k Qosmio X305-Q708 gaming laptop

Look out, Alienware / Voodoo -- a formidable opponent just rolled in, and it appears that some prankster stuck a Toshiba logo on whatever machine is hiding underneath. All jesting aside, Tosh is revamping its -- shall we say, vivid -- Qosmio X305 by introducing the Qosmio X305-Q708, which houses a potent Core 2 Extreme QX9300 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 128GB SSD, 320GB 7,200 RPM SATA drive, dual-layer DVD writer, twin NVIDIA 512MB GeForce 9800M GTS graphics cards, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and Windows Vista Ultimate. You'll also find a full-sized keyboard with a ten-key number pad, four Harman Kardon speakers, HDMI / DisplayPort connectors, 1.3-megapixel webcam, Wireless USB / USB Sleep-and-Charge technologies and a 17-inch TruBrite LCD (though resolution remains a mystery). It should be available any moment for around $4,199.99, but we'd factor in a few extra hundies to have Colorware blot out the putrid "fiery Fusion" finish (seen better after the break).

[muddyh2o @ Oct 21st 2008 10:36AM]

it has a B key. i don't want it.

[Steveorevo @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:09AM]

Wow, does it catch on fire, overheat, needs three fans replaced monthly and cracks its system board every year while being kept in a pristine computer cold room like my previous Toshitty Qosmios?

But more importantly can I shell out $$$ for the extra crappy ServiceNET extended warranty that will prolong my torturous run-a-rounds?

I'll stick with DELL, HP, SONY, ACER, SAMSUNG, PANASONIC, ASUS, APPLE, MSI, NEC, FUJITSU...

in short, ANYBODY BUT TOSHITTY!

[r3loaded @ Oct 21st 2008 10:40AM]

Why can't any company do an understated gaming laptop?

[Kamokazi @ Oct 21st 2008 10:54AM]

Asus makes quite a few laptops that work well for gaming (9600 GTs), but are not labeld as gaming laptops.

I did come here to give Engadget crap for dissing the red color scheme...I thought it looked nice...

...untill I clicked through and saw the cover. FUGLY AS HELL. They should have left it solid red, and it would have been great.

Also, funny how Toshiba is still poting about HD-DVD...no Blu-Ray on a 4k laptop? Roffles.

[derX @ Oct 21st 2008 11:41AM]

Hell, even if it's not understated, just make it soft-spoken.

Seriously, I just feel more energetic after having stared at it.

TOSHIBA JUST SOLVED THE ENERGY CRISIS.

...though I guess Crysis would be more fitting.

[KilgoreTrout @ Oct 21st 2008 12:04PM]

I can't understand it either. Laptops are NOT for gaming, period.
If you want serious gaming ad you require portability too then the option is the Fragbox or one of its many imitators.
Lappies are for us unfortunate road warriors.

[colouroflight @ Oct 21st 2008 12:39PM]

http://www.apple.com/macbookpro/graphics.html

[THJ @ Oct 21st 2008 2:17PM]

I love how 'serious gaming' has gone from skill to 'highest AA'

Sure, pretty games are more fun to look at, but cranking down the shadows/fog/smoke/sfx etc lets you get a much clearer view of what's going on. The Romanian kid kicking your ass in C&C 3 is probably playing on a 4 year old system with 7300/128MB graphics card on a 17" monitor. No amount of SLI/Max AA/Watercooling etc can make a bad player good.

TLDR: '80 FPS on Ultra High' != skilled player.

[JohnTitor @ Oct 21st 2008 8:36PM]

Gateway FX laptop poops on this

[noyp @ Oct 21st 2008 8:41PM]

@colouroflight

GAMES!

[Crazy_maniac @ Oct 21st 2008 10:41AM]

How can you game on that without your eyes melting from the shiny metal?

[tom @ Oct 21st 2008 10:48AM]

Dude...you pay attention on the screen, not the laptop. Well, I guess, if you lose, you take the blame on the shiny laptop as distraction.

The colour looks kinda "feminine" for a male gamer. It is made for chicks. Chicks that can play Crysis or Doom

[FFNovaCrystallisAgent @ Oct 21st 2008 10:41AM]

Wow that's all I have to say....

[foo22 @ Oct 21st 2008 10:45AM]

This is exactly the system i'm looking for....except I would love it in a sensible looking form not this flashy over the top monster, not all gamers are 16 years old and wanna be seen with something that ugly.

[GB @ Oct 21st 2008 10:52AM]

Exactly what I thought, foo22 (well not exactly, since I'm not looking for such a Gamingmachine anymore.) But that's how all these gaming laptops are: Super FUGLY!

[FFNovaCrystallisAgent @ Oct 21st 2008 11:01AM]

Yeah I just saw the back of it...flaming is all I have to say.

Not that I have anything against gay people (especially since I am bi) but damn that's a little over the top even for me.

Tone it down Tosh...

[Chin-Poh @ Oct 21st 2008 2:53PM]

Hey PremierAssassin, great to see you back! So your bisexual, LOL!! That explains a lot about you on Joystiq!

[Jayenkai @ Oct 21st 2008 10:46AM]

"STEAL ME!! STEAL ME!!!"

I'm with r3loaded.. Gimme a off-black, faded, dented, dodgy looking case, and it's perfect for walking outside with, without folk clambering to take the thing!

[L @ Oct 21st 2008 10:46AM]

Looks more like $4...

[Frank @ Oct 21st 2008 10:48AM]

Qosmio is crap. I bought one 2 years ago and it died 1 year 11 months and 2 weeks ago. The computer is too powerful for its own good and fried the mother board. I called Customer Support after reading that this was a common problem with the Qosmio and they were nice enough to tell me what stores they approve so I can pay for the replacement. They also recently sent me an e-mail congratulating me on 2 years of ownership. F Toshiba, they are crap, and their computers are even worse.

[athousandleaves @ Oct 21st 2008 10:53AM]

so this IS or ISN'T running HybridSLI???

[Scythe @ Oct 21st 2008 10:52AM]

It burns the retina's....

[Jason @ Oct 21st 2008 10:52AM]

do you pay $1400 extra for the fugliness?

[nikster @ Oct 21st 2008 10:53AM]

Fitting name, Quosimodo... oh, wait.

[wodheila @ Oct 21st 2008 10:54AM]

[insert Moon Unit voice here] "Like...OMG"!

[Michael @ Oct 21st 2008 11:05AM]

I've played with the previous gen in a circuit city the other day. feels REALLY cheap. not solid at all. speakers sound amazing though. i was rockin slipknot until the sales rep told me to quit it

[thedesolate1 @ Oct 21st 2008 11:05AM]

This Isn't very Recession friendly....

[Valicore @ Oct 21st 2008 11:07AM]

Ugh, that thing is all shades of fugly. I'm somewhat nauseated just looking at that. Why would they do this to a laptop? It looks like some puked a fiery fusion smoothie on it.

[Chibi @ Oct 21st 2008 11:10AM]

Will only buy it if I'm half-decided on my sexuality...

[Phoenix @ Oct 21st 2008 11:11AM]

The gaming laptop for 13 year old girls...

[Soop @ Oct 21st 2008 11:13AM]

The first impression I got from looking at it and reading the name: Quasimodo.

[palehorse @ Oct 21st 2008 11:16AM]

OH MY GAWD...

no.

[Ian @ Oct 21st 2008 11:17AM]

This is what you'd describe as Toshiba getting "serious"?

[panamnyc @ Oct 21st 2008 11:17AM]

how about porting iphone's apple OS to winmo devices?

[Phoenix @ Oct 21st 2008 12:05PM]

This is relevant how?

[rita hainsworth @ Oct 21st 2008 11:35AM]

Ugly.

[marc @ Oct 21st 2008 12:24PM]

Needs a neon light encircling the the entire lid and keypad when it is opened. Pure gamer cheese! No thanks.

[TavisJohn @ Oct 21st 2008 12:20PM]

I have a Toshiba x205 SLI1 gaming laptop I purchased in Feb fo $2k. It has been able to run pretty much everything I throw at it, for 1/2 that price. (Oh and it has HD-DVD... yeay... :/ And I got my 5 free HD-DVD's in the mail... A week after Toshiba decided to kill HD-DVD! Thanks Toshiba, I would have liked an option to have regular DVD versions as a replacement!)

The lid on mine is more understated than that fugly red flame crap! Mine is a nice black and dark read wood/marble pattern. The only thing that draws attention in public is the large screen and number pad.

If you have to make it stand out, than try Diamond Plate or something cool!

[Cybergypsy @ Oct 21st 2008 12:31PM]

not bad :)

[Jack H @ Oct 21st 2008 5:19PM]

says the guy with the "Im a Mac" picture

[MyHeadisFed @ Oct 21st 2008 12:46PM]

Wow. Owning one of these will make you sterile...though if you get one of these that is probably not of concern to you.

[Alex @ Oct 21st 2008 12:50PM]

That looks so fabulous. The gamers at the Peacock Room are gonna totally get pwned! OooOoOhhh..

[shadow9600 @ Oct 21st 2008 12:53PM]

Wow, not only does the color scheme look terrible, the design looks pretty bad as well. Great, 4 speakers, not so great, 2 of them interrupt what could have been nice palm rests. The offset keyboard/trackpad looks like it would require some strange offset body to screen alignment to be usable. Stats are great except where they are at the expense of usability.

[TareX @ Oct 21st 2008 1:02PM]

Overpriced.

It kept me excited till I reached the price. You can get:

1) The same specs, better looks, still overpriced but $500 less from Alienware.
2) Same specs, bland plain looks, for $1100 less at Sager notebooks.

[icepop4who @ Oct 21st 2008 1:38PM]

wtf is that? the artist must've been tripping when he painted this... colors aside, the laptop is about two laptops thick.

[Zakk @ Oct 21st 2008 1:39PM]

That's what I'm saying. If you want a gaming LAPTOP, I assume you want to use it outdoor, why would you want it to be so eyecatching? If you want it to be shiny, and for your own enjoyment, why would you want it to be laptop, while you can easily get a desktop gaming PC for a grand?

[Phoenix @ Oct 21st 2008 4:18PM]

Not so much outdoor: it's for people without room for a desktop, or for people who game a LOT at friends/LAN parties.

[ran @ Oct 21st 2008 2:07PM]

Not only does this burn a hole in your wallet, you'll also become the laughing stock of your community.

[deftoneYO @ Oct 21st 2008 2:11PM]

The Qosmio X305-Q706 has similar specs but is only $1999. It includes dual 9800s and 4gb ram. It's a great deal if you don't mind the horrible design.

http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/pdet.to?seg=HHO&poid=424964

[mmhmm @ Oct 21st 2008 2:39PM]

yea, but can it run crysis?