Toshiba Qosmio F45-AV425

-February 7, 2008-
Technology grows extremely fast. In early-mid 2007, there was no cheap laptop with an HD DVD Drive. I ever tried to search for it, but all of them were above $1,900. Toshiba Qosmio F45-AV425 is a new breakthrough. Although it has amazing specification and many extra features, Qosmio F45-AV425 is only $1,600.

Actually, Qosmio F45-AV425 is the perfect version of the earlier edition, Qosmio F25-AV205. With better color, similar features, lighter weight, and cheaper price, Qosmio F45-AV425 is ready to become one of the most promising notebooks this year.

The best parts are the sound quality and the display. Among all 15.4" laptops, Qosmio F45-AV245 has the most tremendous display if you play an HD DVD in it. Most 15.4" laptops have standard quality for HD DVD movies but Qosmio F45-AV425 is an exception. The sound quality is also better with built-in subwoofer. Toshiba cares a lot about this laptop's sound quality and I think this is a good thing.

As usual, a new laptop usually has 4 USB ports, one HDMI port, and one FireWire port. Qosmio F45-AV425 has all of them plus a 1.3MP webcam and huge hard disk capacity (300 GB). Despite Qosmio F45-AV425 provides many positive features, it has poor battery life. Since years ago laptop battery life is one of the most important issues (if it's not the most important!), so Qosmio F45-AV425 probably not the right choice for you.

Specification:

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T7250 (2 GHz)
Monitor: 15.4"(diagonal) widescreen
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce 8600M GT
Weight: less than 7 lbs
Memory: 2GB RAM
Hard Disk Capacity: 300 Gigabytes
Useful For: Average gamers and multimedia users.

Price: around $1,600.

Rating: (7/10)

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