As one of the few notebooks 17-inch we've seen since the launch of Windows 8, Toshiba Qosmio X 875 already stands out among all the slim and convertible ultrabooks we have discussed recently on that basis alone. Actually, goes a step more, jumping into truck hot hybrid hard drive, with a new 1 TB disk. $1,879 X 875 tells what Toshiba calls "the industry's first hybrid 1 TB of high capacity 2.5-inch hard drive," with a flash 8GB of cache memory. Toshiba says that the new album, which was developed in the company, reduces read/write times and application startup times. Other configurations range from $1,199 to $2.299.
You have used the 875 X for tasks of games and every day, is without a doubt, extremely fast, as you would expect of a laptop with an Intel Core i7 CPU and Nvidia GeForce high-end 670 M graphics card. This laptop also includes a 3D stereoscopic 3D platform Nvidia compatible display, as well as a pair of 3D glasses. But, after a first rinse of interest a couple of years ago, very little has been said from 3D portable (or TVs, for that matter) and games gaming or 3D Blu-ray video is a completely satisfying experience.
Instead of 3D, a feature that I wish had been included is a touch screen. We have everything to see a portable Windows 8 with high-end, level of player graphics and a touch screen, so far, has been one or the other. For the budget, current players 15-inch IdeaPad Lenovo Y500 offers decent PC for less than $900 (with a single GeForce 950M config), but as a step forward, Toshiba X 875 is one of the last portable some sturdy desktop replacement.
Price as reviewed the / partida price1.0TB 5400 rpm w / 8 GB SSD + 1.0 5 TB, 400rpmSystem weight / weight with AC adapter
Design and features
Qosmio laptops have always been a little on the side of extravagant appearance and this new model continues that tradition. Toshiba called the chassis design of his "style sophisticated black widow", and has an aluminum shell with texture of diamond with a Qosmio logo light-up at the top.
It is large, with 1.7-inch thickness and weighs 7.7 lbs (without AC adapter 2 lbs), but less than the huge portable games of yesteryear. However, as laptops in general have thinned in the era post-ultrabook, even a portable moderately thick like this looks and feels like a bit of a throwback. So many new consumer technology devices are moving towards (or already firmly planted in) a sense of aesthetic minimalism - this red and black box is almost the opposite of that, but at least is a bold statement.
Part of the fun of getting a portable giant is that there is plenty of room for a large keyboard, large touch screen and all kinds of additional control buttons. In this case, we got generous keyboard flattened Toshiba, a style that has not changed markedly in a couple of years, in addition to a full size separate numeric keypad. The experience of writing is excellent in general, but portable Toshiba have always had strangely short bars of space, which can interfere with your personal handwriting style.
They themselves are back-lit - it is red Toshiba, of course, and the function keys are reversed, which means that you don't have to hold down the Fn key to access the volume, brightness and other controls on the F1-F12 keys. The large keyboard is a ClickPad finalidad-estilo, without separate left and right buttons. This gives you more space for finger navigation, and the particular combination of a textured surface pad, along with Synaptics touch pad hardware and software, is one of the most sensitive Windows 8 touch pad experiences I have had to date.
This is especially important, as the 17.3-inch screen, running at 1, 920 x 1 080 pixels, isn't a touch screen. The majority of laptops Windows 8 that we have analyzed so far has had touch screens, even models available for less than $600, but so far, none of the handful of notebooks with discrete graphics gamer level have offered this feature. That is too bad, as Windows 8, especially in its view of tile-based user interface, is much easier to navigate with some strategic finger strokes directly on the screen.
The display full-HD is bright, colors pop, and it looks good even from off-axis views. As a 2D monitor, it is excellent for video and game playback. Using the included 3D glasses from Nvidia, photo, video and game content also looked good, but keep in mind using the glasses tends to darken the overall image and also reduces the resolution you actually see. Portable stereoscopic 3D has not caught, and X 875 offers examples of why.
The application of player Toshiba Blu-ray included, the default value to watch movies on Blu-ray 3D, is just so slow, clumsy and counterintuitive as the last time I tried it, about a year ago. And actually you can use mouse to navigate through the options menu (usually without label), you have to rely on the arrow keys and the Enter button. Compared with many sharp and functional applications that are incorporated or built for Windows 8, it is painful to use.
Games are always hit or miss, unless they are specifically coded with support for Nvidia 3D vision in mind (and even so, your mileage may vary). The new BioShock: Infinite, for example, looked terrible and ran slowly in 3D mode. Four speakers, connectors for headphones and microphone.Stereo speakers with subwoofer, jacks.2 headphone / microphone USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, SD card reader2 USB 3.0, 2 USB 2.0, SD reader of cards, eSATAEthernet, 802. 11n Wi-Fi, BluetoothEthernet, 802. 11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth