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Toshiba Qosmio G35-AV600 Notebook (1.83gHz Core Duo, 1GB DDR2, 160GB, DVD?RW DL, Window XP Media Center Edition, 17

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Pros
One-touch TV; nice display
Cons
Disappointing gaming performance

Performance: Very Good: 88
Features: Very Good: 83
Design: Superior: 92

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Performance
ACD Systems ACDSee	695
Adobe Photoshop	345
Adobe Premiere	524
Ahead Nero	796
Battery Life (Office Applications)	3:52
Discreet 3ds Max DirectX	306
Discreet 3ds Max OpenGL	319
Doom 3, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	26.6
Far Cry, 1024 by 768, 32-Bit	44.21
Microsoft Office XP	551
Mozilla	432
Musicmatch Jukebox	547
Number of Included Batteries	1
Roxio VideoWave	285
Windows Media Encoder	327
WinZip	475
World Bench 5 Score	92
World Bench 5 Word Score	Very Good

WorldBench Tests
Multitasking	529

What You Should Know about the Qosmio G35-AV600 Notebook (1.83gHz Core Duo, 1GB DDR2, 160GB, DVD?RW DL, Window XP Media Center Edition, 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: stephenbuss

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: Don't buy Qosmio series from Toshiba, I can give you proof if you message me (sales receipt some pictures) . I would like nothing more then to make a impact on somebody considering on buying from Toshiba. Stick with your Desktop then with this cash burner that will malfunction shortly after the warranty does.

Weaknesses: -Huge Laptop, (larger then I had thought) -Very noisy fan or fans -Hot -The laptop scratches easily -About 5 burned out pixels right out of the box (new) -A lemon (again the F-15) Do a google search. The Nvidia Graphics chip that is soldered on overheats and makes the whole motherboard a complete pile of junk. -Speakers sounded terrible after 3 months of use -Battery life is awful. After 1 year of use the windows battery warning comes on after 5 minutes of being unplugged. -infrared only works with remote, not a true Infrared that can work with other devices -Heavy -Very poor customer support unless you plan to call overseas.

Overall Evaluation: WARNING This comment is for all Qosmio Laptops. I just got rid of my Toshiba F-15 AV-201 paper weight at the huge technology mall: Pantip Plaza, in Bangkok Thailand for 1,000 baht equivalent of $32.00 USD. Bought the Laptop NEW for $2,599.95 from CDW a couple years back. Well 1 Year and some change the Main Board fried, something to do with the embedded Nvidia graphics chip. A TRUE lemon. The Toshiba repair shop in Thailand said that the quality of parts on the Motherboard is not good in the U.S. and I should have bought it in Thailand. Now I am on a mission to let every one now about Toshiba. Just go to there web site and see if it is easy or not to contact customer support. No mention of this anywhere, just one big cover up. Vertical lines on the screen? not this laptop!!! P.S. I am on a crusade to let every one now about this lemon from Toshiba.
Reviewed by: tenorfab

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: great sound and excellent picture quality

Weaknesses: somewhat large and heavy but it was purchased as a desktop replacement and it is perfect for us.

Overall Evaluation: We have had such an enjoyable experience with the toshiba qosmio. Prior to this we had a dell desktop that was 7 years old and we were having so many problems with it. It was slow and cumbersome to work with. The qosmio was the perfect unit as we wanted something tat would be large enough to compare to a desk top but we wanted to bring it RV'ing with us.