Toshiba unveils Qosmio X75 gaming laptop

I have the previous generation of this laptop, and have taken it on 3 deployments overseas. One thing I can vouch for is the quality of this thing. This is the first laptop I've ever had that survived more than one deployment due to sandstorms, rough handling, etc...

That being said, I had the older 18.4 inch model, and OMG was that thing a burden to carry around. Laptop in name only.

Buyer beware! I also have an older 18.4" Qosmio, and they have serious, notorious problems with bad application of thermal paste/heat sinks, resulting in overheating of both the CPU and GPU. Simply google "qosmio overheating". In addition, in my Qosmio, they used the nVidia 360M chipset, which as it happens, is a buggy mess; neither Toshiba or nVidia has any available recourse for this, beyond replacing the graphics.

It's also quite frustrating that there is no way to turn of the Hyperthreading feature of the i7. HT is NOT useful for gaming!

And last, as DarthMopar mentions above, they are ridiculously heavy. The 18.4" model weighs 9.7 lbs, with the 2-3 lb. power brick left out.

Originally posted by Bozobub:

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And last, as DarthMopar mentions above, they are ridiculously heavy. The 18.4" model weighs 9.7 lbs, with the 2-3 lb. power brick left out.

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Mine came with 2 drive bays plus the Blu-Ray, so you can expand/change the storage. RAM, of course, is also expandable. As far as I know, the graphics chipset is discrete, and therefore replaceable, as well. Otherwise, like most laptops, it isn't all that upgradeable.

Don't get me wrong, I still like my Qosmio at least a little. I've found ways around the graphics overheating (due to both bad thermal paste AND a weird "race condition" on bootup with the 360M), so that's also less of an issue now. I just want people to be aware of definite problems with the assembly process; if you are under warranty, you can *force* Toshiba to fix any issues. Mine was open-box from Newegg, so no warranty for me =/ ...