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July 23, 2004
Qosmio Laptop Converges With Embedded Linux.
ARN mentions that the new Toshiba Qosmio laptop will be available outside of Japan “between August and October”. These new laptops are touted as laptops for the lounge room, mainly because the design also includes an analogue TV tuner which does not require the system to be booted for viewing, TruBrite 15″ LCD for a better quality display, and SRS TruSurround XT (virtual surround sound) through 30 millimeter Harman/Kardon inbuilt speakers. It also comes with a QosmioPlayer remote control.
If recording or timeshifting TV is required then the system does need to boot up the included Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004, but it appears that the Toshiba software, QosmioEngine and QosmioPlayer, allows the unit to use the DVD and TV Tuner to display movies or free to air TV to the LCD. This software is said to run on Linux, and as such takes 10 seconds to boot, which I guess means that it’s transparent to the user. LinuxDevices.com speculates that that it could be InterVideo InstantON.
The rest of the specifications match other laptops on the market. Intel Pentium M Processor 735, Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG LAN (802.11b/g), Bluetooth, 80GB Hard Disk Drive, DVD SuperMulti Drive, NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 Graphics, TV out (S-Video and Component Y/Pb/Pr), TV in (S-Video and Composite), Composite Monitor in and Antenna input, S/PDIF Optical Audio Output with Dolby Digital, Firewire, Four USB 2.0 Ports, V.92 Modem and 10/100 Ethernet.
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November 9th, 2004 at 1:51 pm
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