Toshiba Launches Laptop With Three GPUs 149
arcticstoat writes to mention that Toshiba's latest line of high-powered laptops has three GPUs included. Both the Qosmio X305-Q706 and Q708 come with an integrated GeForce 9400M for day-to-day processing tasks but have a pair of GeForce 9800Ms in SLI that kick in when you need the extra horsepower. "The [Qosmio] X305-Q706 costs $1,999 US (£1,257) in the US, although we haven't seen any UK pricing on the laptops yet. The system comes with a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 and 4GB of RAM, while the costlier X305-Q708 comes with a quad-core 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9300 CPU."
The problem with desktop replacements (Score:5, Informative)
1. They tend to weigh a lot, making travel with it a bit of a pain and an annoyance for daily use in multiple locations.
2. They tend to run extremely hot.
3. They cost a lot more for the equivalent desktop hardware.
4. Less upgradable.
5. Nvidia doesn't update their mobile chipset drivers.
My next computer will definitely be a desktop.
Better hardware then the mac book pro at the same (Score:2, Informative)
Better hardware then the mac book pro at the same price. why can't apple have at least one 9800m in the mac book pro? at $2000 9600m is a poor gpu for the price.
Re:Why? (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Pricing? (Score:4, Informative)
That's not the UK price, it's the US price converted to GBP. It's entirely conceivable - and, in fact, likely - that the laptop will retail for a different, higher price in the UK.
At least, that's the way it always goes.
Re:Better hardware then the mac book pro at the sa (Score:2, Informative)
Re:The problem with desktop replacements (Score:2, Informative)
bois not linux or vm friendly (Score:5, Informative)
Every Toshiba I have looked at, after finding out mine had this issue, has hvm disabled. Not "they use a bios that is not "Intel Virtualization Technology-enabled". Flat out disabled with no way of turning it on. Add to this the fact that every bios update for my laptop has made it more and more difficult to get Linux running properly. No sound? hack bios rebuild kernel and init. No fan for GPU? hack bios - rebuild kernel and init... I'm waiting for the bios that looks to see if I have nothing vista'ish on the drive and disables me turning it on.
Re:I see where this is going... (Score:3, Informative)
Fuck Everything, We're Doing Five Blades
Why stop there? The latest "Gillette Fusion Power Phenom" razor has SIX.
5 blades plus a 'precision trimmer' on back side.
Oh... and don't forget: it vibrates too!
http://www.gillette.com/en-US/#/products/phenom/en-US/index.shtml/ [gillette.com]
Re:ewww (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Portable Furnace (Score:3, Informative)
Every academic and industrial research worker now uses laptops for presenting research papers at conferences, now that digital overhead projectors are now standard (just plug the external video cable into the laptop, set up dual display and everything is exactly the same when the presentation was prepared).
For those who are in the field of 3D visualisation/animation/rendering research, having a laptop that can do high-performance 3D graphics is a big gain. Instead of just presenting screenshots, pre-rendered movies, it is possible to have the actual application running in real-time.
You can get upgradeable graphics cards for laptops now (the MXM standard). [wikipedia.org] There are also mini-desktop units (Shuttle XPC [itechnews.net]) which can be transported as carry-on luggage on an airplane.
ASUS offered an external PCI-Express card connected using a docking bay
MSI Luxium [gizmodo.com] also did the same.
For me, the ideal solution would be to have the docking bays on the underside of the laptop with additional power cables plugging into the main power brick for the laptop. It is a real pain having to go through airport security and take out the entire contents of your laptop bag (cables, PCI cards, DVD's, connectors, and USB dongles, power bricks) just to put them all back in again.
Re:I see where this is going... (Score:3, Informative)
... and an aloe strip!
That changes color over time so you know when its time to replace, with a microchip that modifies its performance based on the age of the blades... don't get me started.
m not really very knowledgeable about every-day shaving (I have a beard, and I'm ashamed to say I've only ever shaved with a single-blade razor...), but are these surreal straight-out-of-the-onion razors actually any good?
The single blade bic razors that come in a bag and cost 50 cents each or something are utter and complete garbage. Gillete razors ARE infinitely superior...but it could be just the quality of the the blade, rather than the quantity. In any case I honestly don't think the new 5 blade system is any better than mach3. (I don't know if i ever tried the 2-blade.) And I recall that even with the mach3 it was a pain shaving around things like beards because of all the blades... so the new razors 6th blade, the single 'precision' blade on the back is actually a welcome addition.
I haven't bothered with the vibrating systems myself, yet.