Toshiba Unveils High-Performance Qosmio X500 Multimedia Laptop
Toshiba today unveiled the Qosmio® X500 Series, an enthusiast-class line of performance laptops geared for high definition multimedia and gaming. Featuring a striking design on the outside and packed with premium technologies and features on the inside, the Qosmio X500 Series offers hardcore gamers and digital content creators a portable, well-equipped "pro-class" laptop.
Qosmio X500 Series laptops feature the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor1, delivering four cores of intelligent processing power, Windows® 7 and Intel's® Turbo Boost Technology, which automatically allows processor cores to run faster than the base operating frequency if it's operating below power, current, and temperature specification limits. The laptops also offer ultra-fast DDR3 system memory, dual hard-drive configurations, as well as NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M graphics with 1GB of GDDR5 video memory2. Together, this pairing of high-performance technologies allow consumers to rip through the latest 3D games at lightning-fast frame-rates or create hi-definition video and audio faster and more efficiently with smooth rendering and encoding.
Toshiba Qosmio X500
For hi-def lovers, select models of the Qosmio X500 Series laptops will be available with an integrated Blu-ray® drive, so movie fanatics can enjoy their favorite movies right from the laptop's stunning, high-definition 18.4-inch diagonal widescreen display. A premium sound system featuring built-in harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby® Home Theater audio and an integrated HDMI-CEC port amplifies the entertainment experience, while adding the flexibility to extend the laptop's playback capabilities to HDTVs and home theaters.
Sporting a new premium design, the Qosmio X500 Series 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, such as two-finger pinch, swipe, rotate and scroll.
"Gaming and high-definition content creation continue to drive high-performance PC demand and Toshiba is extremely committed to serving those markets," said Carl Pinto, vice president of product development, Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Digital Products Division. "This line combines premium design users crave with the highest quality of Toshiba engineering to offer one of the best audio-visual experience currently available on a laptop, at prices attainable for those who need it."
Gaming and high-definition content creation continue to drive high-performance PC demand and Toshiba is extremely committed to serving those markets.
The Qosmio X500 Series will be on display today at the Intel Developer Forum, taking place in San Francisco on September 23, 2009.
Pricing and Availability
The Qosmio X500 Series will be available on October 22, 2009 at major retailers, e-tailers and direct from Toshiba on toshibadirect.com.
1. Processor. CPU performance may vary.
2. Graphics. GPU performance may vary.
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