It is expected that the bright rouge red 17" Qosmio X305 will go on sale mid August with a retail price slightly in excess of $2,000. The machine which was shown for the first time in Australia at the Toshiba mobile exchange conference in Sydney has Toshiba's slick looking fiery moulded finish which is set to be seen on other Toshiba notebooks as well as Toshiba LCD TV's.
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A 1GB NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS discrete card powers the graphics and the CPU is an Intel Core 2 Duo P7350 processor.
Other features of the system include support for DDR3 1066MHz RAM, a 17.1-inch LCD, and 200GB of storage. The keyboard of the system is a full size unit with a number pad as well. The sound system uses four Harman Kardon stereo speakers with a built-in subwoofer. Buyers will be able to choose to use Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit at the first boot.
General Manager of Toshiba Information Systems Mark Whittard said "We are looking forward to the launch of this beast. It is the fastest notebook every built by Toshiba and we are confident that it will appeal to gamers".
Toshiba have also said that they are exploring new retail outlets for their gaming machine including the4 likes of EB Games. They have also said that they have held discussions with JB Hi Fi who are one of the biggest sellers of gaming software for PC's and gaming consoles.
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