Notebooks Toshiba Qosmio G50 and F40 Reviews

Posted on June 30th, 2008

Notebooks Toshiba Qosmio G50 and F40 bear the Cell chip for the PS3

As already advanced with Toshiba G55, this July promises to be very interesting when teams Toshiba with benefits and performance out of the ordinary. Or at least what we are accustomed in the area of laptops.

The Toshiba Qosmio G50 and F40 will also assemble the explosive cocktail SpursEngine, remember that it is changed by the Cell chip of the Playstation 3 that Toshiba has adapted to become a co-processor for its high performance multimedia portable highlights . This co-processor has 4 SPE, memory controller and works with hardware formats via high-definition video. Toshiba, in addition to their laptops, plans to incorporate it into more multimedia equipment for the home.

In fact, the task of this device (SpursEngine SE1000) in the new portable will be accompanied by a Core 2 Duo processor, and come into action for very intensive tasks to the processor, normally associated with high-definition video.

Among other tasks, these laptops will be able, according to Toshiba, reescalar in real time and smooth video standard definition to high definition, as well as record television directly in H.264 format.

Another feature that will take advantage of the Cell processor and we commented: identification of faces in real-time features as recognition of people in videos, and facilitate searches of audiovisual content, among others. They also control software by gestures will be integrated into new laptops.

Of which we speak now. The Toshiba G50 will be a model with 18.4-inch screen FullHD, with 500 GB hard drive, NVidia GeForce graphics 9600M.doble tuner DTT and weighing 5 kg. The battery life arrive until 4 pm. Its price, 2,700 dollars.

Regarding the Toshiba model F50, at a cost of about 2,500 dólars, will have 15-inch screen and 250 GB hard drive. As you can see, all Intel processor and the Cell, is paid.

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