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."
I like this portable-desktop approact to laptops (Score:3, Interesting)
I actually hadn't thought of it before.. (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I see where this is going... (Score:5, Interesting)
The funny thing about that Onion piece, is the a couple years later Gillette really went and made a five-blade razor.
Score one for the onion!
What's funny is (Score:2, Interesting)
I never see people actually use the batteries in their laptops. They're always tethered to some wall outlet. That's half the reason I own a laptop! I never carry my magsafe adapter and run all around town with my macbook pro and still can get home with enough charge to plop down on my sofa!
No worry about sterilization! (Score:1, Interesting)
With Toshiba's new laptop, now I'll know FOR SURE that I can't have children. Time to line my pants with those space shuttle tiles...
TOSHIBA Qosmio - Identity crisis comes standard (Score:3, Interesting)
Dimensions: 16.2" x 12.0" x 1.7-2.5"
Weight: Starting at 9.04 lbs.
Additional specs [newegg.com]
Re:Better hardware then the mac book pro at the sa (Score:1, Interesting)
Plus, as other posters have pointed out, you're paying for something not to look hideously ugly. Go look at the pictures of the Toshiba - you might as well wear a neon "Beer Me!" sign and a wardrobe covered in "2 Fast 2 Furious" logos, too, since you're already going to be laughed at if seen in public with this thing. This thing isn't just ugly, it's garish.
I'm guessing here, but I suspect the MacBook Pro also weighs less.
GPUs ?? I want *CPUs* !!! (Score:2, Interesting)
This would help with battery probably more than speedstep.
I've been dreaming about this for a decade. (Why didn't I patent this btw ?)