Toshiba Unveils High-Performance Qosmio X500 Multimedia Notebook

Toshiba Unveils High-Performance Qosmio X500 Multimedia Notebook

Featuring Cutting-Edge Processing Power from Intel and NVIDIA, Enthusiast-Class Qosmio X500 Delivers Advanced Mobile Performance for Demanding Hi-Def Multimedia Tasks

Markham, ON (September 23, 2009) – Toshiba of Canada Limited, Digital Products Group (Toshiba), today unveiled the Qosmio® X500, an enthusiast-class performance notebook geared for high definition multimedia and gaming. Featuring a striking design on the outside and packed with premium technologies and features on the inside, the Qosmio X500 offers hardcore gamers and digital content creators a portable, well-equipped “pro-class” PC, at mainstream price points. 

The Qosmio X500 features the new Intel® Core™ i7 processor, delivering four cores of intelligent processing power at speeds up to 2.8GHz with 6MB of L2 Cache. The Qosmio X500 also offers 6GB of ultra-fast DDR3 system memory, dual hard-drive configurations, as well as NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 250M  graphics with 1GB of DDR5 video memory. Together, this pairing of high-performance technologies allow consumers to rip through the latest 3D games at lightning-fast frame-rates or create hi-definition video and audio faster and more efficiently with smooth rendering and encoding. 

For hi-def lovers, the Qosmio X500 comes standard-equipped with a Blu-ray® disc player, so movie fanatics can enjoy their favourite movies right from their notebook screen. Outfitted with a premium sound system, the Qosmio X500 features built-in harman/kardon® speakers and Dolby® Home Theatre audio. An integrated HDMI-CEC port amplifies the entertainment experience, while adding the flexibility to extend the notebook’s playback capabilities to HDTVs and home theatres. 

Sporting a new premium design, the Qosmio X500 features Toshiba’s striking Fusion™ Finish in Omega Black with stylish red chrome accents, a comfortable full keyboard and numeric 10-key pad, as well as an intuitive touchpad with multi-touch control, enabling greater flexibility to browse and control what’s happening on-screen with gesture-commands, such as two-finger pinch, swipe, rotate and scroll.

“Gaming and high-definition content creation continue to drive high-performance PC demand and Toshiba is extremely committed to serving those markets,” said Mini Saluja, Toshiba Product Manager, Consumer Notebooks. “This line combines premium design users crave with the highest quality of engineering to offer the best audio-visual experience currently available on a notebook, at prices attainable for those who need it.”

Pricing and Availability
The Qosmio X500 will be available on October 22nd for a suggested list price of $2199.

Toshiba of Canada
Toshiba of Canada Limited is a subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of electronic products and semiconductors. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Toshiba of Canada is a digital technology leader with a wide range of Audio Visual Personal Computers, notebook computers, high definition home theatre systems including televisions, DVD players, multi-media projectors, and portable media centres. Throughout its history, Toshiba’s commitment to technological and environmental innovations has distinguished the corporation from its competitors.
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