Toshiba's three-GPU Qosmio X305-Q708 / Q706 laptops now available
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 6th 2008 11:42AM
posted Nov 6th 2008 11:42AM
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True story: Crytek programmed Crysis to have no tear ducts.
Darren Murph...Get your facts right!
I'm taking the last part of your article very seriously >:[
My friend bought one but returned it because the cover is like pinkish and it's the bright kind. Ugliest laptop ever.
@Techie: It can have Hello Kitty and Hannah Montana baking cupcakes on it for all I care. If the thing can bring it at a LAN party, that's all that matters.
I've never seen a good locking laptop come out of Toshiba, even their utrathin and light R500 isn't really that good looking, and as far as I'm concerned most people only need as much as the $1400 Gateway FX for a gaming laptop, anyone with more cash should get a Sager, Qosmios are ugly ripoffs
this probably doubles as a foreman grill when put into 3 GPU mode...
Too bad it lacks the style.
Horrific flame design aside, the low end GPU + high end GPU thing is actually quite brilliant....it should make this thing have a decent battery life when not gaming.
But with the weight of this thing, its not like battery life is going to matter.
Just because it's heavy doesn't mean it can't still be portable.
Being an IT geek and gamer, I like having an overpowered 17" laptop. I've carried mine on several trips to our facilities in the Philippines and China, as well as other places, It's heavy, but it doesn't bother me that bad. The Swissgear backpack does help a lot, it's great at offsetting some of the weight. The biggest downside is there are plenty of airports and planes where you can't find a power outlet (or a free one) to keep the beast running more than 45 minutes. On trips with long layovers, I take a 12" with me too. The GPU is the major power hog in these things, as similar 17" laptops with low-end GPUs will often have 'decent' battery lives, by comparison.
question: is this like what's in the new MBPs, meaning it's not hybrid SLI? or is it? and what notebooks are out that have hybrid SLI?
How much extra is it to get rid of that fugly paintjob?
The cost of a cheese grater.
Didn't know Elton John took charge of their computer design dept.
ROCKET MAAAAAAAAAN
Ahh.. so it *can* play Crysis!
probably on medium settings
High actually. At least. My friend's Qosmio X205 with dual 8600 GT can play it on high.
Correction:
Can Crysis play this?
Saw this yesterday at Best Buy. It is friggin' HUGE! It's a desktop-laptop because I cant imagine setting this on your lap for any length of time from either the weight OR the heat...
you think the laptop is huge? you should see the power supply.
these things are beastly... shame too. nice specs. very accurate trackpad, subwoofer + 4 harmon/kardon speakers, very crisp screen... but when I set them up for customers.... it makes me cringe. the thing is fucking ugly.
You got that right. Hideously ugly. YUK!! :-o~~~~~~~~~8*
3 gpu's? Where's the spoiler?
they thought it would look too tacky.
You look at the spoiler every time you use it.
"GeForce 9400M GPU + Two GeForce 9800 GTS GPUs = No Compromises" .... and no battery life.
Did you see the paint job?
That was meant for rock99rock....
Damn engadget comment system.
Free flame grilled BK Whopper with every purchase
Darn, MY EYES!
"...enough to make Crysis weep."
Awesome specs, but why is it so tacky looking. Can't I get it in all black anodized aluminum, sans all the "Pimp My Lappy" nonsense?
Ugh...in case companies haven't learned this already...
it's called: Simplicity.
This would have probably been a smash hit if it wasn't for the ridiculous design.
Fantastic hardware just shame about the looks. Quite cheap though challenging the dell xps with newer hardware 9800 compared to the xps 8800 chips and the igp will help battery life but also giving good performance. Will this have the playstation 3 chip like other laptops from toshiba. And this will play crisis on high or very high i should think because the old 880 in the xps could.
Good new for apple people apple have just sent out emails telling us the mac mini will be upgraded and updated in a pending release.
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/is-apple-to-launch-a-new-mac-mini--482672 It says Q1 2009 but i think soon since apple has stopped the manufacturing of mac minis. Only two people have had e-mails.
I keep reading Quasimodo, don't know why...
Quasimodo's a terrible book!
that is the most hideous thing I have ever seen!
Toshiba's keyboards suck! At least on the recent laptops i've experienced.
YES, I can now walk around with a laptop that people will know for 100% that I'm a geek...and gay.
You mean a geek......and a virgin. : )
So I'm gonna buy this! XD
You would think that for $4k they could design in a modicum of style. Still one of the most hideous laptop designs in existence.
Looks like it has one of the recalled batteries and is engulfed in flames!
I really can't see any self-respecting gamer buying this. I wonder how well they sell? Probably a fair bit if Toshiba keep tossing this hideous design out...
Toshiba I love your stuff but change the FREAKIN COLOR!!!!. Nobody wants a $4100.00 Pink laptop!!!!
man, you guys should stop by a best buy and actually see this thing in real life. Not only is it EXTREMELY inyourfacewowitsonFIRE..., but its like 4 inches or so thick and requires a custom built safe-messenger bag to carry it around. Even funnier, the display was stolen at one best buy, right off the shelf (WTF was every employee doing that day that they didn't see someone walking around with a GIANT, RED< FLAME-COVERED lapbox.....baffles the mind)
The person that stole it was probably a geek squad employee, who thought it was real. We all know how "smart" those guy's are.
Well I can see I'm not alone in thinking this looks ridiculous. Come on Toshiba tone it down a little. Take a cue from Asus and maybe just have some track lighting and blinking side panels... err wait.
would really like one. just put one of them "sticky covers" on it.. the rest of the laptop looks great.
doesnt it kinda defeat the pupose of buying a laptop if it that HUGE. I ma sure the fans in the thing could double as a hovercraft too
As a design student, I'd like to ask the Toshiba design team just one question.
WWWWWWWWWHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
I heard they just said "Batteries? Oh fock off!" in true Robin Williams style.