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Qosmio® : X500
Qosmio® X500 — Play it to the limit.
Delivers elite mobile performance
Built for power gaming, HD entertainment, plus creating and editing pictures and video
Loaded with premium features
If you are looking for elite performance and extreme fun, we have the laptop for you—our new Qosmio® X500. This latest in our elite Qosmio® line delivers cutting-edge multi-core processing power for blazing-fast 3D gaming, mega video editing and playback, stunning HD entertainment and more.
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Quad-Core Processing Power
With an Intel® Core™ i7 or i5 processors—plus Intel® Turbo Boost and Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, the Qosmio® X500 delivers maximum laptop power right when you need it. So you’ll fly through everything—from playing intense 3D games to creating and editing digital video, music and photos.
Ultrafast Hard Drives and Memory
When you’re aiming to wreak havoc for the enemy or to create pro-class homemade media, your PC can’t wimp out. Good thing the Qosmio® X500 laptop offers up to 6GB* of DDR3 system memory and advanced storage—like a high-speed 7200RPM hard drive, plus a solid state drive dual-config option. You’ll enjoy speedy chapter loads, lightning-swift data access, quicker boot-ups, and better data reliability too.
Premium NVIDIA® Graphics
Built for performance and speed, the NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 360M GPU on this notebook provides premium power for the hottest FPS-intensive games. Experience dynamic forces of nature and massively destructible environments through hyper-realistic game play with NVIDIA® PhysX™ technology, and get the most out of Windows® 7.
Truly Brilliant HD
Equipped with a Blu-ray® disc player, the Qosmio® X500 power PC is your ticket to truly brilliant HD movies—on the go, or on a home theater. An extra-large 18.4” HD TruBrite® LCD display delivers stunning visuals for whatever you’re viewing, with color, contrast and clarity you’ll have to see to believe. And its 16:9 aspect ratio offers the best results for today’s widescreen entertainment. Some models even come with 1920 x 1080 resolution screens for 1080p video enjoyment.
Truly Stunning Sound
Booming harman/kardon® stereo speakers on this laptop lend an added dimension to music, movies and gaming. And Dolby Home Theater® puts you right in the middle of the performance with more realistic dialogue and explosions, along with deeper, fatter bass and brighter treble tones.
Additional Features
LED Backlit Keyboard
With the cool-looking keyboard on this laptop you’ll be able to keep typing even with the lights down. It’s great for working on planes or in a quiet corner of your favorite café.
High-Speed Ports
Transfer files, photos, home movies and other multimedia faster with high-speed eSATA and IEEE i.LINK 1394 ports.
Stand-Out Styling
With its striking Fusion® Finish in Omega Black, the Qosmio® X500 will make you the talk of your friends, colleagues, fellow students, and opponents!
HDMI-CEC
Easily scale up your gaming, movies and music on a home theater, and enjoy full 1080p HD video and sound. learn more »
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HDMI with Toshiba REGZA Link™ (HDMI-CEC)* — See it all on the big screen.
When the time comes to turn your favorite movie into a big-screen event, punch up your listening with full surround sound,
immerse yourself in gaming or deck out your home office with high-def displays, try a Toshiba laptop offering HDMI with
REGZA Link™.
Enlarge your entertainment
HDMI makes it easy to experience big-screen high-definition video in full 1080p with 5.1** surround sound through a single
cable. Simply connect your HDMI-equipped Toshiba laptop to a HDMI-compatible home theater and suddenly you’re right in the
middle of the action, lost in the drama, blown away by the crisp highs and rich bass tones.
Go high-def in your home office
Many discover they need one or more high-resolution monitors in their home office for better multitasking, graphic design
or video editing. If that’s you, you’ll be glad to know that Toshiba laptops with HDMI offer much better quality and more
flexibility than those with older A/V connections. So don’t deny yourself a single pixel of detail.
Use one remote. And lose the frustration
Along with a better picture and sound there are other benefits to Toshiba laptops offering HDMI with REGZA Link™. Connect
to other HDMI-CEC electronics—A/V receivers, TVs and DVD players—and you can run the entire show using a single remote control.
It makes adding or upgrading equipment easy too. And used with a camcorder it’s also great for faster home video editing.
* High-Definition Multimedia Interface with Consumer Electronic Control
** need a laptop equipped with a SP/DIF port
How does it work?
Toshiba laptop with HDMI connection
Other HDMI-compatible device (ie: receiver)
HDMI-compatible TV
Single remote control
7200 RPM Hard Drive
High-speed 7200RPM SATA hard drives give you quicker access to your files and multimedia, so you'll spend less time waiting and more time enjoying.
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Enjoy no-wait gaming.
Advanced/Discrete Graphics
Dedicated graphics enliven and enhance the way you view movies, photos and games, all without robbing the performance you need to get other things done.
"Well hands down one of the best laptops I have used in a while. The video is amazing and overall game play is awesome ! The i5 processor can take anything you can throw at it and the nvidia graphics are terrific. I have showed it to all of my friends and they envy it unique looks. Hands down a winner !!!!!"
Great System, February 6, 2010
Jason
,
Florida
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"Pros
-Size is AMAZING (could also be a con, due to lack of case selection available)
-Speed - The Core i5 430M (2.26) with Turbo Boost is nice, outperforms my Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4).
-RAM - 4GB DDR3 is expandable to 8GB.
-Graphics - The GeForce GTS 330M GDDR5 1GB is an excellent mobile video card.
Cons
-No restore discs shipped with the system.
-No back-lit keyboard
-No Bluetooth
-Screen is too reflective, very hard to sit on my shaded porch and see the screen.
-Touchpad seems a little choppy. But I use my A4Tech mouse 95% of the time anyway.
All non-issues to be honest, but some people might find these a problem
Other
-The glossy finish is a fingerprint magnet.
-The media keys are a little irritating, I just disabled them, no biggie.
-I did a LOT of research before I chose this. My next choice would have been an Alienware M17x, but this is a much better buy.
All in all, this is a magnificent system, Excellent cost to performance. You wont find a better gaming system at this price."
GTS 360m, January 28, 2010
xiayu
,
Seattle, WA
Overall rating
4.0 out of 5
"This seemed like a great laptop! For the money it couldn't be beat but when I found out that the video card, the GTS 360m, was just a rebadged 240 and that my previous laptop with a GTX 260m video card was better I was definitely disappointed. I should have done the research prior to purchasing, I just saw a higher model number and figured it would be even better."
"This computer could be awesome. However, the keys are very close together with only a little bevel and touchtyping is difficult. The labels on the keys are a light gray and are impossible to see in low-light conditions, and though this website says this model has a backlit keyboard, it doesn't. Typing was just a pain and I returned the computer to Costco."
"I love this Laptop. It has enough ram and hard drive space that I require. The NVIDIA graphics card is top-notch. I am an extreme gamer, and for me this Laptop can hold it's own."
Great Laptop!, January 26, 2010
Mr Luke
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Fallon, NV
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"A great laptop for gaming needs. I play world of warcraft. And if you know the game play you know about some lag in big cities. Well this laptop didn't have any lag. I even pushed the graphics to Ultra on the game and the laptop still had no lag. I would recommend this laptop if you looking for a serious gaming machine. And the Blu-ray Disc ROM is an awesome addition."
Swapped my HP dv7 for this Qosmio..., January 29, 2010
Dave H
,
Port Orchard, WA
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"I purchased an HP dv7t 2180US from Fry's. HP had installed the OS poorly. I am a traveling consultant and could not "simply give the laptop back" to Fry's to send to HP. A replacement could not replace my software. I had simply given up on HP Support and bought a full Copy of Win 7 Ultimate, wiped the HP drive, did a full install, put all my software on the HP. It took "36 Hours". Then the Fan went out, the laptop overheated and it was worthless. I went to Fry's and said... this is not acceptable. They said "Pick a new Laptop". I looked at this beautiful Qosmio, 18.4 inches of real-estate, a blue-ray drive the HP did not have, harman/kardon speakers, a bigger hard-drive, and I could install my Win 7 Ultimate on it without the hassles of HP changes to the Win OS.
I was sold. I've had no problems with it.
Best thing I admire "lately"... is the backlit keyboard. That really comes in handy. HP did not have that."
Great Laptop, February 2, 2010
BoBoCigz
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"Great for gaming, music, photo editing, and so on."
Toshiba X505-Q870, February 4, 2010
Rex
,
Washington CH
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"Qosmio X505-Q870 Laptop is definatly designed with some serious horsepower and very stylish.The Intel Core i7-720QM processor can only be descrbed as "Lightning" Fast. The red chrome that surrounds the laptop is a very nice touch. The harman/kardon speakers produce stunning sound proformance."
comp, January 31, 2010
zaharka
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"great computer"
Hardware lockups!, January 18, 2010
Nickname
,
Silver Spring, MD
Overall rating
2.0 out of 5
"Almost every day this laptop lockups! Everything freezes, keyboard, mouse - only cold reboot helps."
"the Toshiba Qosmio x500-Q840s
is taking computer (laptop) to the next level yeah the feature are the boom for all entertainment propose and the graphic off the chain yeah this is the way to go"
Best Laptop out there for the price, January 29, 2010
Samurai
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"If you are looking for a desktop replacement, this is the best laptop out there for the price. Of course the system need to be tweaked to get rid of some extras you don't need, but in the end the amount of memory, CPU, GPU, and the SSD make this a an awesome machine. The system boots up and is ready to use in about 30 seconds from a cold boot. The Blueray drive plays movies prefectly on the large screen and the first battery life test was actually better than we expected. The 360M plays graphics beautifully. Make no mistake, this is a desktop replacement. The machine is heavy and large, but tehn you get a get sized battery and screen."
Monster, January 30, 2010
zahar
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"I recommend this computer to all. for such price it has great power, speed and the gaming is for extreme gamers!. you can uncover all your gaming skills and all other work do to the great speed and no laggs."
X505-Q880, February 2, 2010
nick
,
CA
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"Best choise on a good price for a gaming laptop it is so smoth, fast !!"
For the price...unbeatable, February 4, 2010
KnuckleSandwich
,
Clarksville, TN
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"A guy walks into my office, looks at my new Q880, asks about the performance details. It satisfies me seeing his heart break as he compares the Q880 with the Alienware he just spent $3,600 on. This is definitely a great deal on a nice gaming computer.
Everything has met or exceeded my expectations on this computer. I am finally able to play COD4: Modern Warfare 2 in full quality with the resolution set at 1920x1080 and no lag. I expect all my games will be a blast.
I have read complaints that the "buttons" to the left of the keyboard are too sensative or are being activated by mistake. I found that it just takes some getting used to, I used to hit them all the time but after only a couple times I have stopped completely. The keyboard is very nice and feels great to type on and having a number pad is really convenient. It's nice to be able to disable the touch pad with the push of a button.
It's a big heavy machine but that's what I wanted, if I cared that much I could have bought a 13 or 14 inch laptop instead. One issue I have, as some one else stated, is that the screen does not lock when closed. It would have been nice to have a latch or something but at nearly 20 pounds this machine will not be toted around much."
X505-Q880, February 2, 2010
nick
,
CA
Overall rating
5.0 out of 5
"I only have one word to say ! this thing is fast !!"
Great Machine, January 14, 2010
MMoto09
,
Albuquerque, NM
Overall rating
4.0 out of 5
"Although I do very little gaming, this "gaming computer" is very proficient in many other day-to-day tasks such as internet use, musical enjoyment, and considering it's massive size for a laptop, it is quite portable.
So far my only complaint is an issue between the computer and Microsoft Office 2007 Student edition. When I attempt to open a word document by double-clicking, an error is displayed and the document will not open. I have to first open Word and then open the document from inside the program. I have tried using compatability but it does not seem to work. This could easily be a user error on my part.
Aside from that I reccomend this sleek, attractive laptop for those who want to go "all out" on a laptop."
X505-Q880, February 2, 2010
nick
,
CA
Overall rating
4.0 out of 5
"This laptop is fast, powerful but it also very heavy"
Power Packed Fun Machine, January 30, 2010
Manny
,
Van Nuys, California
Overall rating
4.0 out of 5
"I am impressed with this laptop overall. Amazing performance and feature packed. The multi touch control pad was a pleasant surprise also. Pluses... The HUGE bright screen, speed and crisp sound. Minuses... the glossy finish is a finger print magnet and the heft might turn off some people. Although its a quad core which might be good for 3D gamers, a faster Dual Core probably would have made this perfect. All around though, a very solid effort and great buy."
It could have easily been better, January 26, 2010
AA
,
Boston, MA
Overall rating
3.0 out of 5
"This laptop has some really good aspects but unfortunately has many problems.
Things I liked:
Very fast - it compiles my work source tree 50% faster than my Latitude E6500.
Great Graphics - runs World of Warcraft at full speed with all effects turned all the way up.
Huge amount of memory.
Backlit keyboard.
Seems to run fairly cool for the power.
The SSD seems nice and fast.
Things I didn't like:
No cover latch so the cover bounces around while carrying.
The spacebar is tiny (just under 3 inches).
Keyboard reaction is slow. I type fast and often words with double letters it misses the second letter.
Only has USB 2.0 ports instead of 3.0.
Has touch sensitive buttons on the left side for controlling multimedia which are really easy to accidentally hit with your pinky (you only have to touch the laptop surface to 'press' one). The one I usually hit annoyingly brings up Windows Media Player unintentionally.
Comes loaded with a ton of crapware (I guess all manufactures do this now). But some of it is really unnecessary - for example the laptop comes with Microsoft Works AND a Microsoft Office 60-day trial.
The default partitioning is weird. This laptop has a really nice 64GB SSD - which is partitioned such that only 48GB is setup as 'C:' and the recovery disk takes the rest - instead of putting the recovery stuff on the huge 500GB HD.
Even when not being heavily taxed the battery life isn't great (about 2.5 - 3 hours).
Not necessarily bad - but be aware:
At 10lbs and having a large power supply this thing is a monster."
Works Great With:
Toshiba 18” Gaming Backpack
This sturdy, stylish pack has plenty of room for notebooks up to 18.4”, your portable electronics and gaming gear, and even a full-size keyboard.
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Toshiba X20 Gaming Mouse
Mow down the competition with the rapid fire button and comfortable contoured grip on this ultra-sensitive mouse, made for up to 2400DPI resolution.
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Toshiba 640GB 2.5” Hard Drive
Back up your laptop, manage your growing digital library, and leave more room for more games on your Qosmio® laptop with this stylish, spacious drive.
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