New Toshiba Qosmio Notebooks with TV-Tuner and 7600 Video Cards

Three new Toshiba Qosmio F30 und G30 models (the top model G30-189 with HD DVD-ROM) are new in the Toshiba program. All three models offer mobile TV via analogue and digital TV-tuner and gaming fun due to GeForce Go 7600.

Qosmio G30-189

Qosmio G30-189
top-variant with HD DVD-ROM-drive

• Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology with Intel Core Duo processor T2500
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG network support
• RAM: 1.028 MB DDR2-RAM (512 MB + 512 MB; upgradable up to 4.096 MB)
• 120 GB + 120 GB (Qosmio G30-189) SATA-hard disks (5.400 rpm)
• HD DVD-ROM-drive
• 17-inch-WUXGA+-TruBrite- colour display
• Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with 128 MB DDR-Video RAM
• sound card Sigmatel STAC9200D, Intel High Definition Audio 1.0
• TV-tuner analogue and digital (DVB-T)
• WLAN 802.11a/b/g-module integrated
• Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR, 1 x CardExpres, 1 x PC Card Typ II, 4 x USB 2.0, • 5-in-1-BridgeMedia-Adapter- cardreader (SD/MMC/MMS/MMS Pro/XD)
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
• price: 2.900,- Euro

Qosmio G30-188
multimedia-performance for increased requirements

• Intel Core Duo processor T2400
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG network support
• RAM: 1.028 MB DDR2-RAM (512 MB + 512 MB; upgradable up to 4.096 MB)
• 100 GB + 100 GB (Qosmio G30-189) SATA-hard disks (5.400 rpm)
• Double-Layer-DVD-Supermulti-drive
• 17-inch-WXGA+-TruBrite- Farbdisplay
• Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 mit 128 MB DDR-Video RAM
• sound card Sigmatel STAC9200D, Intel High Definition Audio 1.0
• TV-tuner analogue and digital (DVB-T)
• WLAN 802.11a/b/g-module integrated
• Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR, 1 x CardExpres, 1 x PC Card Typ II, 4 x USB 2.0, • 5-in-1-BridgeMedia-adapter- memory cardreader (SD/MMC/MMS/MMS Pro/XD)
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center edition
• price: 2.380,- Euro

Qosmio F30-131
cheap entry into the convergent world

• Intel Core Duo Processor T2300E
• Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 ABG network support
• RAM: 1.028 MB DDR2-RAM (512 MB + 512 MB; upgradable up to 4.096 MB)
• 60 GB + 60 GB SATA-hard disks (5.400 rpm)
• Double-Layer-DVD-Supermulti-drive
• 15.4-inch-WXGA+-TruBrite-colour display
• Nvidia GeForce Go 7600 with 128 MB DDR-Video RAM
• sound card Sigmatel STAC9200D, Intel High Definition Audio 1.0
• TV-Tuner analogue and digital (DVB-T)
• WLAN 802.11a/b/g-module integrated
• Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR, 1 x PC Card Typ II, 4 x USB 2.0, • 5-in-1-BridgeMedia-adapter- memory cardreader (SD/MMC/MMS/MMS Pro/XD)
• Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
• price (inkl. MwSt.): 1.760,- Euro

Comment:

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 is part of the most powerful third of mobile video cards. It can represent newest games well and no doubt is apt for office applications and surfing.

Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).
The weaker variants like T2300 and T2400 are apt for office applications and surfing. The powerful Core Duo type T2500 is not only suited for office applications and surfing, but additionally for games.

Nowadays meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks.