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Toshiba Launches Laptop With Three GPUs
arcticstoat writes to mention that Toshiba's latest line of high-powered laptops has three GPUs included. Both the Qosmio X305-Q706 and Q708 come with an integrated GeForce 9400M for day-to-day processing tasks but have a pair of GeForce 9800Ms in SLI that kick in when you need the extra horsepower. "The [Qosmio] X305-Q706 costs $1,999 US (£1,257) in the US, although we haven't seen any UK pricing on the laptops yet. The system comes with a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo P8400 and 4GB of RAM, while the costlier X305-Q708 comes with a quad-core 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme QX9300 CPU."
At first the idea sounded idiotic, but I might actually replace my outdated desktop with something like this. I've now used laptop computers pretty much exclusively for about two years now. I do have two desktops at home, but I rarely use them, and they're more for quests who stay long enough to need a computer they can use. I do everything on my laptop, and if I need more uumpf, I use VNC to connect to our bedroom-server-thing or use one of the desktops remotely. I notice that whenever I actually sit down on a desktop computer for more than a few minutes, at some point I feel the need to pick the thing up and move somewhere to do other things while continuing to work with the machine. While there have been more and more powerful laptops in recent years, I've still been waiting for a real powerhouse of a machine to actually toss out my old desktop instead of just replacing my latest laptop. Something like this might be it.
..but Toshiba often seems to launch new and previously unheard of things in their computers. Still they're not very popular (at least with anyone I know) when compared to the more "mundane" manufacturers.
The funny thing about that Onion piece, is the a couple years later Gillette really went and made a five-blade razor.
Score one for the onion!
I never see people actually use the batteries in their laptops. They're always tethered to some wall outlet. That's half the reason I own a laptop! I never carry my magsafe adapter and run all around town with my macbook pro and still can get home with enough charge to plop down on my sofa!
With Toshiba's new laptop, now I'll know FOR SURE that I can't have children. Time to line my pants with those space shuttle tiles...
Dimensions: 16.2" x 12.0" x 1.7-2.5"
Weight: Starting at 9.04 lbs.
Additional specs
Fact: Everything I say is fiction.
Plus, as other posters have pointed out, you're paying for something not to look hideously ugly. Go look at the pictures of the Toshiba - you might as well wear a neon "Beer Me!" sign and a wardrobe covered in "2 Fast 2 Furious" logos, too, since you're already going to be laughed at if seen in public with this thing. This thing isn't just ugly, it's garish.
I'm guessing here, but I suspect the MacBook Pro also weighs less.
I don't care if it draws more polygons per second! I'd rather have 4 cpus I can independantly switch on and off at will when needed, as BeOS could!
This would help with battery probably more than speedstep.
I've been dreaming about this for a decade. (Why didn't I patent this btw ?)