Toshiba Qosmio computer

Kenneth

Newbie Joined: Feb 15, 2010 18:41 Messages: 3 Offline

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Feb 15, 2010 18:48

I am planning on purchasing a Toshiba Qosmio-Q880 laptop computer to run PD8ultra movie editing (and other applications). I want to make sure it is fast enough to edit DVD quality movies and AVCHD quality in the future. Is anyone using this computer (i7-720QM processor at 1.6GHz and GeForce GTS350M video card) with PD8?
Do you have any concerns or suggestions?? Thanks.

Aaron Richards

Newbie Location: Australia Joined: Jan 21, 2010 16:20 Messages: 24 Offline

Feb 15, 2010 23:57

Hi Kenneth

I have the Toshiba Qosmio X500 (Australian Version). It has i7-720QM processor at 1.6GHz and GeForce GTS250 (or GTX250, cant exactly remember) video card, 4Gb Ram, 1000Gb hard drive and it works very well with PD8. It wasn't till the 2508 patch till it worked well, now it works very well.

My Qosmio X500 came with a Blu Ray Burner. It burns AVCHD (onto standard DVD's) and Burns my native 1920 X 1080 video footage to Blu Ray disks very well.

Aaron

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ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Feb 16, 2010 00:14

Kenneth -

There's an on-the-ground review for you. Aaron - it's a GTS 250M. There's a review here... http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-toshibas-qosmio-x500-gaming-rig-has-quad-core-conservative-design

There's a review of the Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q880 here http://alatest.com/review-analysis/laptop-reviews/toshiba-qosmio-x505/pa3-87241184,30/ It uses a NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M graphics card, so it should do what you want.

Cheers - Tony

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Kenneth

Newbie Joined: Feb 15, 2010 18:41 Messages: 3 Offline

Feb 16, 2010 09:34

Thanks for the feedback. Was helpful. I'm surprised the 500 has a Blueray burner. I asked Toshiba if that was available in the 505 and they said no -- only Blueray reading, not burning. Thanks.

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Aaron Richards

Newbie Location: Australia Joined: Jan 21, 2010 16:20 Messages: 24 Offline

Feb 16, 2010 18:32

I'm surprised the 500 has a Blueray burner. I asked Toshiba if that was available in the 505 and they said no

I was wondering that too when I bought mine a couple of months ago. Mixed reports said different things. I bought mine from a shop that received their stock that included Blu Ray Burners. I have now burnt to a couple of Blu Ray disks, and the quality is really good. I like Blu Ray disks, I find they are a good for my partner to use, she can put them straight in the Blu Ray player and press "Play", easy. Mine is this model http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/products/notebooks/qosmio/x500/pqx33a-02g00j/specifications#details