| PRODUCT DETAILS | | Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 17" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Double Layer Drive) |  | |
Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 17" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Double Layer Drive)
Includes: lithim-ion battery, AC adapter, Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, Office OneNote 2003, Works 8.0, WinDVD Creator 2 Platinum, RecordNow!, Norton AntiVirus 2005 (w/ 3 month subscription), Quicken New User Edition 2005, & more. Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 Notebook Computer - This portable media center handles many of your entertainment needs. The built-in TV tuner, and large 120GB hard drive, allows you to watch and record live television programming. The large 17" LCD and DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive, gives you an amazing DVD movie experience, while letting you burn to nearly every type of media. All of this is managed easily with the Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system, and included remote control. This OS features a TV-like interface that also organizes and plays your digital audio, video and picture files! Supports Bluetooth Version 2.0 120GB SATA HDD - Two 60GB hard drives that can be configured as RAID 0 (striping) or RAID 1 (mirroring), via included TOSHIBA RAID software Slot-Loading DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive - (write speeds) up to 2.4x Double Layer DVD+R, 8x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 24x CD-R, & 10x CD-RW Slot-Loading DVD SuperMulti Double Layer Drive - (read speeds) up to 8x DVD-ROM & 24x CD-ROM Built-in TV Tuner - parental control & closed caption 17 Diagonal WXGA+ TFT Display Native Resolution - 1440x900 NVIDIA GeForce 6 GO 6600 with 128MB of DDR SDRAM (PCI Express x16 Interface) 1 PCMCIA PC Card Slot - supports 1 Type II PC Card Bridge Media Adapter - supports Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Multi Media Card, & xD Picture Cards 52k v.92 Fax Modem Ports - 10/100 Ethernet, 1 VGA, 4 USB 2.0, 1 FireWire, 1 S-Video Out, 1 Component Out, & S/PDIF (shared with headphone jack)
Manufacturer: Toshiba
Price: $2,999.99
 Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 17" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Double Layer Drive)
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| User Reviews |  | overall good machine
rating: 4
i purchased this machine in march 2008, its working fine without any major problem
its big screen machine is good for movies and other multimedia activities.
fan is noisy. its good machine i recomend it.
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Major Blue Screen Issues
rating: 2
Since I bought this laptop, I have had the Blue Screen of Death over and over again. At first it was only when the kids played a game like The Sims and then was only when it got too warm (or so it seemed). I took the battery out completely to see if that helped. It finally got so bad, I just can't even turn it on any more. I have made NO hardware changes, I have downloaded all the recommended updates from Toshiba. I finally decided it must be software related, so I used the "recovery CD's" that came with the unit. What a joke that turned out to be! Not only is it totally NOT recovered - it is worse. It just gets a blue screen every time it boots up and then of course auto reboots itself (over and over and over) never fixing anything. It even tries to do chkdsk on its own and finds tons of errors to correct, but still nothing fixed. Moral of the story - don't think just because you are spending a ton of $$ gets you the best. I would Never buy a Toshiba laptop again. A MACbook is looking better and better!
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I'll take the good over the bad on this one.
rating: 4
After selling two computers, yes two, to my parents i decided to get something that was gonna last for many years, and something that i could do anything on that i could do on a desktop. Also something that was portable was what i wanted most. After searching and searching and countless computers, i realized i was gonna have to pay the BIG bucks to achieve what i wanted. I had saw the Qosmio but had always hated how "finger printed" up the interior looked when i saw them in stores, from people using them. Its a pet peave that i don't like prints or smudges for that matter. So after a lot of thought i went for the F25 from a website called Clearance Club for 1349 plus tax, i didnt think it was a bad deal till i saw the F25 on the Toshiba Direct site for 1099$, so i thought i just got ripped. After careful consideration i looked at the G25 which was only a few hundred dollars more, 1349!! to be exact, they didnt have any in stock until a few days later so i said what the hell and went for it, even though i wasnt to fond of the gargantuen 17" screen. Well having gotten the G25 when i still had the F25 i decided why not test them side by side, being that it was a weekend and couldnt ship the other back yet. Here's the Pro's and Con's i found.
F25-Sharp Clean Picture
G25-A Bit Brighter, although maybe to bright?
F25-Great Harman Kardon speakers, very loud and bassy
G25-Same speakers although not as loud,(i must point out both of these were refurbished for one reason or another, so the speakers or sound card may have been the issue here)
F25-Basic 100gig hard drive, seems like a lot until you record live TV.
G25-Serial ATA 120 gig, double hard drives, 20 gigs makes a difference.
F25-Nvidia Geforce 6600 Go Graphics Card-64mb-Doom 3 1024x768 low quality.
G25-Nvidia Geforce 6600 Go Graphics Card-128mb-Doom 3 1024x800 High Quality-Its noticeble side by side. No hesitation. Also 1440x900 Max screen resolution.
F25-WiFi b/g Wireless
G25-Same
F25-15.4 inch wide screen,Very Light, Good for toating around.
G25-17.4 inch wide screen, Very Heavy, Not good for toating around. Although better for movies at home.
F25-Darker Black Interior-Smudges aren't AS noticeble, but still bad.
G25-The thing i hate most,terrible at fingerprints and smudges, has a slightly glossier black face.
F25-Good DVD-R-RW multi burner, basic pop-out from the side.
G25-Very cool DVD-R-RW multi Burner, inserts from the front, slide in compartment. Burns a little quicker than the F25 i think. Loads loud though, minor issue.
F25-1.86 pentium 750M processor, centrino.
G25-2.01 Pentium 760M Processor, Centrino.
F25-1024 gig of RAM
G25-1 gig
F25-Refurbished-Cheapist anywhere, Toshiba Direct-1099$, New on other sites, anywhere from 1600, to 2000$.
G25-Refurbished-Cheapest anywhere, Toshiba Direct-1349, New on other sites anywhere from, 1549$ to 3000$.
So with all these side by side the differences are very minor between the F25 and the G25, there were certain things i liked better abuot each but when it came to mas-multi tasking and just over all ability i had to go for the G25 even though its not perfect its the best your gonna get for a laptop, multimedia center. All others definately fall short when it comes to the specs this thing has. Basic laptops even HP's higher series most come with an ATI Radeon 200M which u can't even put on medium resolution 800x600 for Doom 3 or Farcry. Even some of the higher end Hp's come with a Nvidia Geforce 7300 go, which is a low end 7 series, not even as good as the 6600. So though its pricey and huge and shows ugly smudges(though easy to clean), i must say this is the pinaccle of laptops on the market now.
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Don't buy this item from Tiger Direct
rating: 4
Few weeks ago, I tried to purchase this model from Tiger Direct. They charged me twice of the price and later I found they didn't even has the model in stock. And to call them, each time you have to wait at least 30 minutes, and just imagine if the phone got lost when they try to direct you to someone else...
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Loving This Laptop
rating: 4
This is our first laptop and so far we are enjoying exploring and playing with the various features this laptop offers. We have only had it a couple of days. Setting it up was a little tricky, especially for novice people like us, but Toshiba support helped us with this. We had expected to find the user guide in the box but it is now loaded on the computer, not in the box like in the past. It is a pricy computer but so far seems to be worth it.
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Toshiba Qosmio G25-AV513 17" Laptop (Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (Centrino), 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, SuperMulti DVD Double Layer Drive)
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