Toshiba G45-AV690

Take your home entertainment center on the road with the Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC, which features a widescreen 17-inch screen with 1080p HD resolution, crisp audio from the four Harman Kardon speakers with subwoofer, and integrated media contol buttons on either side of the keyboard. It also comes with the external OCUR High Definition TV Tuner, which offers both NTSC (standard definition, 480i) and ATSC (high-def, 720p or 1080i) tuners as well as a cable card slot for digital cable service. This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC is one of the first from Toshiba to offer the state-of-the-art HD DVD-RW optical drive, which enables you to burn up to 30 GB of data, including video or entire photo and music libraries onto a dual-layer HD DVD-R disc. You'll also be able to burn a wide range of standard disc formats. A 1.3 megapixel digital web camera built into the LCD's bezel lets you quickly snap photos and participate in live video chats.

This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC powered by the 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, which offers a top-of-the-line 800 MHz front side bus speed and 6 MB L2 cache. Part of Intel's 45-nanometer (nm) Penryn series, this processor boosts speed, reduces power requirements, and saves on battery life. The Core 2 Duo processor provides an optimized, multithreaded architecture for improved gaming and multitasking performance. It also includes Intel's 4965 AGN wireless LAN, which will connect to draft 802.11n routers and offers compatibility with 802.11a/b/g networks as well. Other features include 320 GB of hard drive space (from dual 160 GB drives), 3 GB of installed RAM (4 GB maximum), Nvidia GeForce 8600M video card with 512 MB of discrete video RAM, 5-in-1 memory card reader, and a biometric fingerprint scanner for added security. Additionally, this Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC is RoHS-compatible, effectively reducing the environmental impact by restricting the use of lead, mercury and certain other hazardous substances.

Processor: Experience improved energy efficiency, expanded wireless connectivity, and amazing battery life with the 45nm Penryn series Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, which has a 2.50 GHz processor speed, super-fast 800 MHz front-side bus (FSB), and a super-sized 6 MB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) The new hafnium-infused circuitry - which reduces electrical current leakage in transistors, conserves even more energy, giving you more time away from the wall outlet. And you'll be able to encode video on-the-go and watch HD movies with Intel HD Boost.

Hard Drive: This system offers a total of 320 GB of hard disk drive space from two 160 GB drives (5400 RPM), creating one of the largest capacities you'll currently find in a notebook PC (as of June 2007). These Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives also quicken the pace with a higher speed transfer of data - akin to FireWire and USB 2.0.

Memory: This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC comes installed with 3 GB of RAM (PC-5300, DDR2), which helps boost the amount of available video RAM that's shared with this laptop's video card. It also offers a top-of-class 667 MHz speed. It has a 4 GB RAM capacity.

DVD/CD Drive: This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC offers one of the first HD DVD-RW drives available in a laptop. In addition to being able to play HD DVD movie discs, which provide the superior image and sound quality of high-definition images and multichannel surround sound - you'll also burn both single and double-layer HD DVD-R discs (which provide 15 GB and 30 GB of storage, respectively). This drive offers the following HD DVD write speeds: 1x dual-layer DVD-R, 2x single-layer DVD-R, and 1x single-layer DVD-RW. It also provides 2.4x HD DVD-ROM playback.

This drive also incorporates a multi-format DVD/CD burner, which is compatible with dual-layer (DL) DVD discs that can hold up to 8.5 GB of data. It features the following speeds: 2.4x DVD+R DL, 2x DVD-R DL, 4x for both single-layer DVD±R, 4x for both single-layer DVD±RW, 3x DVD-RAM, and 24x/10x for CD-R/RW. It reads DVD-ROM discs at 8x and CD-ROMs at 24x.

Keyboard & Mouse: This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC has a standard 86-key keyboard and electro-static two-button touchpad. It also offers CD/DVD media player and control buttons (play, stop, next, previous) as well as a volume control dial. This Qosmio also comes with a remote control.

Screen, Video & Audio: This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC has a 17-inch TFT display with a resolution of 1900 x 1200 pixels (native 1080p for high-definition viewing). It also provides TruBrite technology, which makes images brighter and more vivid thanks to its anti-glare feature. It also offers a 140-degreee horizontal viewing angle, 110-degree vertical viewing angle, up to 350 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and 450:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light).

Video is powered by the Nvidia GeForce 8600M graphics card, which provides up to 767 MB of available RAM/video memory (512 MB dedicated RAM) for unmatched HD video performance on a notebook PC. With support for Microsoft DirectX 10 Shader Model 4.0 and High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDR), it lets you rip through all of today's most advanced and cutting-edge games and applications. Experience real-time photo editing, or immerse yourself in the most complex, true-to-life gaming environments.

It also features a 1-bit digital amplifier, four Harman Kardon stereo speakers with a built-in subwoofer.

This Toshiba Qosmio G45-AV690 laptop PC also comes preinstalled with Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate, which combines all the features of Windows Vista Premium and Vista Business as well as adds extras such as multi-language packs and Secure Online Key Backup. It offers all of the features found in Windows Vista Home Premium, including Windows Media Center, Windows Movie Maker with high-definition support, and Windows DVD Maker. It also provides all of the features found in Windows Vista Business, including business networking, centralized management tools, and advanced system backup features. Vista also integrates new search tools throughout the operating system, includes new parental control features, and offers new tools that can warn you of impending hardware failures.