Pros
- Cool red lights
- Comfortable keyboard with ten-key number pad
Cons
- Mediocre performance
- Low-res screen with fussy images and text
At A Glance
The Qosmio may look like a gaming rig, but it fails to deliver on performance and has an unimpressive screen.
Manufacturer’s Description
Designed for entertainment, Qosmio products offer the most powerful multimedia and gaming experiences available on a laptop. Built for TV, music, video and gaming, they feature ultra clear, bright screen technology, surround sound and one-touch controls to access all your multimedia content. Models even include High Definition DVD-R for a cinematic film experience, and hard disk drive recording to allow you to record TV programmes direct to your laptop.
The Specs
| Pricing | |
|---|---|
| Part Number | PSBY5U03N01P |
| Processor | |
| Processor type | Intel Core i5 |
| Processor speed | 2500.0 MHz |
| Cache size | 3.0 KB |
| Processor count | 2 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 6000.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 1333.0 MHz |
| Memory max | 8.0 GB |
| Display | |
| Display size | 17.3 inches |
| Display type | Glossy LCD with LED Backlight |
| Resolution | 1600 x 900 pixels |
| Storage | |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Drive size | 640.0 GB |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Other storage |
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| Drive type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Battery | |
| Vendor Rated Battery life | 4.87 hours |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Ethernet Type | 10/100/1000 Mbps |
| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | Yes |
| Available Interfaces | Bluetooth |
| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 n |
| Video Interfaces |
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| Slots |
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| Dimensions | |
| Width | 16.3 inches |
| Depth | 10.8 inches |
| Height | 2.3 inches |
| Weight with Accessories | 9.8 pounds |
| Weight | 7.5 pounds |
| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Storage Media | |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
| Docking Station Port | No |
| Devices |
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Performance
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 82 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 4:30 (hh:mm) |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 36.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 1445 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 12.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 540 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 526.2 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench Green Score | 72 |
| Working power usage | 5.7 Watt hours |
| Idle power usage | 13.7 Watts |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 203.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 189.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 137.4 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Gaming Score | 69 |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1366x768 | 45.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 64.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 66.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 78.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1366x768 | 79.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 800x600 | 101 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 123.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 800x600 | 127 Frames per second (higher is better) |
