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Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 Notebook w/ Built-In TV Tuner (2.0GHz Pentium M 760, 1GB DDR2, 120GB, DVD?RW DL, Windows XP Media Center, 17

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Very Good

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Pros
Thoughtfully designed
Cons
Screen resolution could be higher

Performance: Very Good: 84
Features: Very Good: 87
Design: Very Good: 80

Find out how these scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	735
Adobe Photoshop	351
Adobe Premiere	510
Ahead Nero	809
Battery Life (Office Applications)	2:01
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	293
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	316
Microsoft Office XP	557
Mozilla	431
Musicmatch Jukebox	536
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	412
Windows Media Encoder	434
WinZip	436
World Bench 5 Score	86
World Bench 5 Word Score	Very Good

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	755

Performance
WorldBench 5: Performance word scores reflect comparisons of notebooks in the same category running the same operating system. See Guide to the Top-Rated Products for more details.	Very good: 86 (Windows XP Media Center Edition)
CPU	2-GHz Pentium M 760
Screen size	17 inches
System memory	1GB of DDR2-400 SDRAM
Hard drive space	120GB
Graphics	128MB NVidia GeForce Go 6600
Pointing device	Touchpad
Bays	None
Bundled removable-media drives	Fixed 8X DVD?#177;RW/RAM drive
Floppy drive	None
Ports	Four USB 2.0, FireWire, microphone, headphone, S-Video ports; two PC Card slots
Communications	V.92 modem, 10/100Base-T ethernet, Bluetooth, 802.11a/g wireless
Business suite	Microsoft Works 8
Other features	Internal TV tuner
Overall design	Very good
Battery life (hours:minutes)	Fair: 2:01
Weight (typical/minimum, in pounds): Typical weight includes the computer, AC adapter, optical drive, and floppy drive (if offered).	Very heavy: 11.2/9.6
Vendor's reliability/service	Average/Average
Support policy	One-year parts and labor warranty; 24-hour daily toll-free support

What You Should Know about the Qosmio G25-AV513 Notebook w/ Built-In TV Tuner (2.0GHz Pentium M 760, 1GB DDR2, 120GB, DVD?RW DL, Windows XP Media Center, 17

Not Much RAM for Multitasking

The more RAM your laptop has, the faster programs will run and the greater number of windows you can work in at one time. If your needs are simple and you rarely do more than two things at once on your PC, the relatively modest amount of memory that comes installed in inexpensive laptops will be enough. Today the standard amount of RAM shipped in most PCs is 2GB. If you like to multitask--say, you want to launch a search for a file and start backing up data to a disc while you watch a news video--you need more memory.

Reviewed by: loisandjoel

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Beautiful 17" display, built-in TV tuner

Weaknesses: Surface of keyboard is very prone to fingerprints

Overall Evaluation: The Qosmio G25-AV513 is a powerful and delightful to use laptop. While it may not be quite as nice as the much more expensive Dell XPS-170, it is a great value. The biggest problem you will have is spelling the name or pronouncing it to your friends.
Reviewed by: fbg2166

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Like a portable desktop.

Weaknesses: None

Overall Evaluation: I have had this lapper for 4 mos now and I drag it on the road with me everywhere I travel and it is so close to having my desktop that I bought a projector to run it at home with and I have a ball with it. I can find no fault with it.