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Toshiba PWNS the Gaming Battlefield with Scorching Qosmio X300

SYDNEY, 4 September 2008 – Whether you’re a newbie or a hardcore gamer, get ready to combat a new level of extreme mobile gaming with the Qosmio X300, a fiery gaming Notebook built to frag the competition, from Toshiba (Australia) Information Systems Division (Toshiba ISD). 

Toshiba’s latest multimedia beast is jam-packed with the latest high-powered components, including a top of the line graphics card, lightning-fast DDR3 RAM,  two Hard Drives and flaming looks for maximum entertainment and game performance from any battlefield. 

“The nature of today’s gameplay environment is competitive, fast-paced, and exhilarating so we’ve created the Qosmio X300 to bring power, performance and portability to gamers in a way that will revolutionise the gaming landscape,” says Anthony Geronimo, Product Manager, Toshiba ISD.    

“We’ve created the X300, Toshiba’s fastest and most powerful notebook to date, that allows performance-hungry gamers to inhabit the most immersive game environments while on the move, whether it’s at home, at a friend’s place or at a LAN party.”   

Flaming design for a fiery experience

The Qosmio X300, housed in fierce fire-red tribal casing, backlit with red LEDs and dressed with a glossy black keyboard, is designed to unleash competitive instincts for battle.

Sporting a 17 inch 1680×1050 High Definition widescreen, state of the art NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTX graphics with 1GB on board, five Harman/Kardon® speakers including a subwoofer, and a whopping 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz of system RAM, the Qosmio X300 delivers mind-blowing gaming and entertainment.

Intense speed and performance

The Qosmio X300 features the latest Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor, dual hard drives;  200GB (7200rpm) for ultra-fast transfer speeds and 320GB (5400rpm) for back-up storage; and DDR3 RAM for a powerful gaming machine with added grunt. 

It also comes equipped with an eSATA USB hybrid port for faster data transfer speed to save and run your favourite games and content, as well as three high-speed Sleep-and-Charge USB 2.0 ports to charge mobile devices while the notebook is in hibernation or turned off. 

Pricing and availability

The Qosmio X300 is available now at a recommended retail price of $3,999 including GST, with $200 cashback, from selected retailers.  

Please telephone 13 30 70 or visit http://www.isd.toshiba.com.au for more information.

Specifications

Please refer to  product specifications listed below release.

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS: QOSMIO X300

 

Model

Qosmio X300

Part number

X300/WOO

Processor

Intel® Core2 Duo processor T9400

 

CPU Speed

Dual Core 2.53GHz

L2 Cache Capacity

6MB

Front side bus

1066MHz

Operating System

Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate (32bit) (includes recovery media for Windows Vista® Ultimate 64bit)

Hard Disk Drive

520GB (200GB (7200rpm) + 320GB (5400rpm)) SATA

Memory

4GB DDR3 (2GB+2GB) (1066MHz)

Both slots used. Total memory expandable to 8GB

Display

17.0″ Widescreen

WSXGA+ TruBrite® Display

Resolution – 1680 x 1050

Graphics

NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800M GTX

(1GB GDDR3 800Mhz) (1GB discrete video memory and up to 1791MB video memory with 4GB system RAM)

Optical Drive

DVD SuperMulti Double/Dual Layer Drive

Speed

Read: CD-ROM 24x, DVD-ROM 8x, DVD-RAM 5x                                                                                  Write: CD-R 24x, CD-RW 4x, HS CD-RW 10x, US CD-RW 16x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-R DL 6x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+R DL 6x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x

FM Tuner

FM Tuner

Speakers

Premium 5x harman/kardon® Speakers with sub woofer technology

PC Card/ Express Card Slot

PCI Express Card x1

HDMI

HDMI-CEC (Regza Link)

Video Out

VGA, S-video

Audio

External Microphone port, Stereo Headphone port, Sound Volume Dial, Integrated microphone, SP/Dif

USB Ports

4 USB Ports (3 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Sleep and Charge + 1 x eSATA / USB Combo)

Bridge Media Adaptor

5-in-1 card reader [Secure Digital® (SD), Memory Stick™, Memory Stick PRO™, MultiMediaCard, miniSD™ (with SD adaptor), xD™ Picture Card] – See Toshiba’s website for capacity guidelines

IEEE1394 iLink port

IEEE 1394

Remote Controller

Express Card

Security

Integrated Biometrics – Fingerprint reader, Slot for Kensington Cable lock, Wireless LAN switch

Pointing Devices and Buttons

TouchPad™

Lifestyle Buttons

Backlit Toshiba Multimedia Console Buttons

Webcam

1.3MP (1280×1024)

Communication

LAN – Intel® GBit TX Ethernet

Integrated Bluetooth – Toshiba Bluetooth™ V2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Wireless Networking – Integrated Intel® 802.11 (a/g/n)

Weight

4.16kg (may vary with spec)

Dimensions (LxWxH)

412mm x 306mm x 43.2mm / 62.5mm

LCD Lid Colour/ Keyboard Colour

Red Gloss / Black Gloss Keyboard

Other Software

Toshiba Face Recognition logon utility, Toshiba User’s Manual, Toshiba Value Added Package, Toshiba Flash Card Utility, Toshiba DVD Player, Toshiba Disc Creator, Ulead® MovieFactory® for TOSHIBA, ConfigFree™, Adobe® Reader® 8.1.2, Microsoft® Onecare Trial, Google Toolbar™, Google Desktop™, Google Picasa™, Google Earth™ , Microsoft® Windows Live™ Onecare™ Trial

Warranty

1 year international parts and labour warranty. Domestic warranty includes onsite courier pickup and return service

RRP Inc GST

$3,999

$200 cashback