Review Article Of Toshiba Qosmio G35-av650 Computer.

Toshiba's Qosmio line of notebooks are the poster children for rich excellence. Usually loaded with the latest mobile technology because of Intel, gorgeous and vibrant screens, Windows XP Press Center Edition, TV tuner, and lots of other multimedia goodies. These days we're looking at any Qosmio G35-AV650, the present middle-of-the-line Qosmio model obtainable

The AV650 uses Intel's Centrino Duo system, sporting the T2500 two. 0GHz processor and 3945ABG cellular card. You get a greater resolution WUXGA (1920x1200) television screen powered by NVIDIA's GeForce Turn 7600 with 256MB regarding GDDR3 VRAM. Each port you could want is on this unique puppy, including HDMI video output perfect for watching HD-DVD movies on your high definition home theater. Speaking of HD-DVD of course, the Qosmio AV650 sports activities an optical drive capable of playing HD-DVD movies! Enticed by this feature stuffed Qosmio yet? Read on to find out what other surprises this laptop has in store!



Let's just put it this way: none. Weighing in at a hefty 10. 1lbs, the only individuals wanting to tote this around are seeking a workout simultaneously. With dimensions of 16" x 11. 6" x 1. 79", you aren't likely to be able to open this up on your seatback tray in coach class with an airpline either. Any questions?

Like most entertainment electronics these days, the Qosmio is designed to be pleasing in together form and function. The silver-on-black theme is attractive, but subtle. When a person open the Qosmio, you'll notice the polished black interior showing back at you. The brushed silver mouse buttons & volume control, striking large speakers, and blue accent lights really stand out.

For the normal uses of the touchpad, the Qosmio has a standard one. The response is smooth and the buttons have the similar shallow, solid click to them as the Portege M400 gadget. Where the Qosmio's touchpad truly excels is in its non-touchpad usage.

The Qosmio's toucpad has an alternate function. If you tap that icon with double arrows in the top right corner, it will light up the bright blue backlight about the touchpad and enable all of the secondary functions. The top row consists of E-mail, WiFi, and Print functions, with the base row all launching user-defined products. On the right side where you'd normally scroll, you can adjust the volume level as well. Along with this being neat feature really cool looking, it is functional as well.

As you can tell from the descriptions above, Toshiba's Qosmio is chock full of input & output plug-ins. With plenty of USB ports, tons of audio/video inputs & outputs, and an HD-DVD drive, what more could one ask for on a multimedia system? Well, regular video editors may appreciate a full-size 8-pin Firewire convey given size really isn't a limitation here. Straight-up DVI output with a VGA adapter would be preferable than the usual VGA out, but you can always adapt the HDMI that will DVI.

We really loved how Toshiba incorporated each of those Express Card and PERSONAL PC Card slots. Express Card isn't somewhat prevalent enough yet to offer everything a multimedia entusiast might want, so both standards are included for maximum compatibility.

Most people don't use 17" notebooks within their lap, but those who desire knee problems don't need to bother about burns. The Qosmio runs fairly cool, idling around 40 degrees Celscius and running around 50 C during fair usage. We never noticed any hot spots on the bottom, but with a 1. 73" thick chassis there should've been plenty of room to cool typically the already chilly Core Duo brand.

Since the Qosmio features dual hard drives, one would hope upgrading those could be done by the user. In fact, Toshiba makes the process very simple, as you are able to tell from the imagine below. You can even comfortably access both RAM sticks on the underside. The CPU isn't easily accessible, but a resourceful owner could probably get to it. One could theoretically put in a Core 2 Duo were Toshiba to provide an updated BIOS (or the user could load the AV660's BIOS), but why would somebody risk that on such an expensive laptop?