Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q860 TruBrite 18.4-Inch Gaming Laptop

The Qosmio X505 features Toshiba’s striking Fusion Finish in Omega Black with stylish red chrome accents and a comfortable full keyboard with LED Backlighting and numeric 10-key pad. An intuitive touchpad with multi-touch control enables greater flexibility to browse and control what’s happening on-screen with gesture-commands–including two-finger pinch, swipe, rotate and scroll.with incredibly fast frame rates with the Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q860 gaming laptop, which features a stunning, high-definition 18.4-inch display and the Intel Core i5 processor with dual-core processing power. Additionally, it offers ultra-fast DDR3 system memory and the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M graphics with 1 GB of GDDR5 video memory. Together, this pairing of high-performance technologies allow you to rip through the latest 3D games at lightning-fast frame-rates or create high-definition video and audio faster and more efficiently with smooth rendering and encoding.

Features

• 2.26GHz Intel Core i5-430M Processor
• 4GB 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Memory
• 500GB Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive (7200RPM); DVD Super Multi Drive
• 18.4″ CCFL (16:9) 1680×945 Display; NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M Graphics
• Window 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Key Features

• 18.4-inch high-definition TruBrite display with 1680 x 945 resolution for amazing color depth and clarity and native 720p support
• 2.26 GHz Intel Core i5-430M dual-core processor for smart performance with a speed boost (2.53 GHz with Turbo Boost Technology; 3 MB L3 cache).
• 500 GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 RPM) with an impact sensor that helps safeguard your data by “parking” the hard drive heads in the event of a drop or sudden movement.
• 4 GB of DDR3 RAM (upgradeable to 8 GB) gives you the bandwidth you need to get the most of today’s popular software, multitask all day long and run applications without a glitch.
• NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M with 1 GB GDDR5 discrete graphics memory offers what gamers want most–hyper-realistic action with intense 3D visuals, plus vibrant, lifelike scenes and dynamic character effects–thanks to NVIDIA’s PhysX technology.

• 8x SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support and Labelflash printing, which enables you to personalize your discs and keep them looking attractive and organized with direct-to-disc laser printing.
• Wireless-N Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g/n) for greater speed and range.
• 1.3 megapixel webcam with Face Recognition capabilities for added security. And if you’re using one laptop for several users–say for the whole family or for a small business–Toshiba Face Recognition lets you switch profiles with one simple look.
• Harman Kardon stereo speakers bring an added dimension to music, movies and gaming with rich, immersive virtual surround sound.
• Dolby Home Theater suite of technologies delivers virtual surround sound from stereo speakers or any pair of headphones.
• Gigabit Ethernet
• 5-in-1 memory card reader compatible with Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, xD Picture Card
• ExpressCard (34/54) slot lets you take advantage of thinner, faster, and lighter expansion cards for even more advanced wireless, networking, storage, and security features.
• Four total USB ports with one eSATA/USB combo port that also features Sleep and Charge capabilities, allowing you to charge your mobile phone and other devices even when the notebook is asleep or off.
• HDMI-CEC audio/video output lets you control additional media players with just a single remote.
• Combo headphone S/PDIF digital audio output
• Enjoy proactive PC health–without the worry. For your peace mind, this laptop comes with an innovative PC Health Monitor that constantly keeps tabs on things like your machine’s power usage, temperature and hard drive–so you won’t have to.

• Windows 7 Home Premium makes it easy to create a home network and share all of your favorite photos, videos, and music. And you can watch shows for free when and where you want with Internet TV on Windows Media Center. Get the best entertainment experience with Windows 7 Home Premium.

• Get more features with Windows Anytime Upgrade. It’s the best way to add features to Windows 7, takes as few as ten minutes, requires no software or downloads, and you’ll keep your existing programs, files, and settings. Windows will walk you through the simple upgrade process.
• Pre-loaded software includes Microsoft Works SE 9.0 for word processing and spreadsheet work. Enjoy a 60-day trial version of Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007.
• 12-cell (8000 mAh) battery

Customer Reviews

Great System
Pros

-Size is AMAZING (could also be a con, due to lack of case selection available)
-Speed – The Core i5 430M (2.26) with Turbo Boost is nice, outperforms my Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4).
-RAM – 4GB DDR3 is expandable to 8GB.
-Graphics – The GeForce GTS 330M GDDR5 1GB is an excellent mobile video card.

Cons

-No restore discs shipped with the system.
-No back-lit keyboard
-No Bluetooth
-Screen is too reflective, very hard to sit on my shaded porch and see the screen.
-Touchpad seems a little choppy. But I use my A4Tech mouse 95% of the time anyway. 

Best gaming laptop out there for the price
I purchased this laptop as a desktop replacement and I use it for gaming, watching movies, writing software, and basic Microsoft Office and web browsing tasks. Overall I am extremely pleased with it and would highly recommend it to others. Here’s the breakdown:

PROS:
- This is an extremely fast machine. It boots up in under a minute with Windows 7 and I have yet to notice the occasional lag with starting up programs that I experience with most Windows PC’s.
- Newer games like “Dragon Age: Origins” run extremely well on this machine with all of the graphics maxed out
- The screen on this computer is beautiful. The color quality and contrast are extremely good and there is a ton of screen real estate. Some people have complained that it isn’t full 1080p but I find that the 1680×945 resolution makes icons and text the perfect size for this size of screen.
- Multitasking works great with a dual-core processor (four virtual cores with hyperthreading) and 4GB of DDR3 RAM. I routinely have 12 Firefox tabs up while watching videos in iTunes and editing four or five MS Office documents. A lot of computers don’t like this but the Q860 handles it wonderfully.
- The battery life is over three hours, which is pretty good for such a behemoth.

CONS:
- This is an extremely heavy laptop and I wouldn’t recommend it for frequent business travel. That being said, I do use this laptop for grad school and haul it back and forth to class one day a week using a Toshiba 18″ gaming backpack and it isn’t terrible on my back. I would definitely recommend a backpack if you want to carry this thing around as a normal laptop shoulder bag would probably destroy your neck and shoulder.
- Both Toshiba and Amazon claim on their websites that this keyboard is backlit but unfortunately, it isn’t. Amazon customer service handled this issue extremely well after I reported it, so I can’t complain about this too much. All X505-series keyboards are compatible so you can probably pick up a backlit one off of eBay if that’s a big deal to you.
- There is a decent amount of junkware pre-installed on this system, although not nearly as much as on the last Dell computer I bought. It’s kind of annoying that Toshiba does this on a high-performance computer that will probably be purchased by people that don’t want or need it.

OVERALL:
- I did a large amount of research before buying this laptop and as of this moment, there isn’t a better value out there in gaming laptops than this. It lacks some of the higher-end features such as dual graphics cards, a 1080p display, and solid-state drives, but for the money you can’t do better than this. I am now selling both of my desktops and I plan on making this my sole computer.

The Perfect Laptop Desktop
AT 10 pounds, it is a bit much to lug around, except within the home, but otherwise this machine is a beauty. Lightning quick, great sound and video quality. Handles any and all applications, videos etc wonderfully.

I use with a wireless mouse. Has plenty of ports and capability to expand. Wireless connection in seconds

Negatives: The DVD drive is a bit touchy to close (need to hold it in..not automatic close)and the keyboard area surface is shiny/high gloss, so you have fingerprints everywhere.

Battery life seems to be at least 3-4 hours (have not had it long enough to check it out.

I have a notebook for travel, so this machine fills the bill for me.

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