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Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:16 pm
by gundog
I'm stoked Santa was very early, he brought me a new laptop.

Is a Toshiba P500

Specs
CPU Intel® Core™ i7 processor 720QM (1.6GHz/2.8GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (32bit) (includes recovery partition for Windows® 7 Home Premium 64bit)
Screen Size 18.4" Widescreen HD+ TruBrite® Display (1680 x 945), supports 720p
Memory 8GB DDR3
Storage 1000GB (500GB + 500GB) (5400rpm) SATA
Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M (2270MB Total: 1GB discrete memory + 1246MB shared memory)
Optical Disc Drive Blu-Ray RW/DVD SuperMulti Double/Dual Layer Drive
Speakers Premium harman/kardon® speakers
Sound Harman/Kardon Speakers
Webcam
Buttons and Pointing device Backlit Toshiba Multimedia Console Buttons, Touchpad™ with Gesture Support
Expansion
PC Card / Express Card slot 1x PCI Express Card
TV-Out Port VGA, HDMI-CEC (REGZA LINK)
USB Ports 4x USB Ports (3x USB 2.0 + 1x eSATA/USB Combo with Sleep and Charge)
Bridge Media Adaptor SD Slot
IEEE 1394 iLink Port IEEE 1394
Tuner Integrated Hybrid Digital / Analogue TV Tuner
LAN Integrated 1Gbit TX Ethernet
Wireless Communication 802.11(b/g/n)
Integrated Bluetooth™ V2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Battery 12 Cell Lithium-Ion battery

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:23 pm
by bennymacca
that is a beast of a laptop. probably just as easy to cart your desktop around :D

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:35 pm
by Brett Kay
I got one of the toshy's in May after my other one decided to die after two years.

Seriously the 18" monitor is probably a little too big for my liking, because of mobility issues. But it is great watching tv shows and movies and having it on the larger screen.

The HDD are mildly frustrating. With the guard feature, anytime you are watching a show and move, the picture stutters. Not fun when you have just moved the laptop off the belly and onto the bed.

Let me know how your opti drive is. I thought mine could play blu ray but i think i checked later and it just had super opti drive and doesn't play them.

Nice purchase anyway Gundog

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 7:36 pm
by Brett Kay
Oh Yeah. Check the silver bracket that lines the LCD when you open and close. Lost a decent chunk when i was opening it a month or two after i had got it. Cosmetic flaw.

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:01 pm
by trishan
I am thinking of buying myself a Canon 550D DSLR. Very cool camera. In addition to taking awesome pics, it records in full HD.

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 10:21 pm
by AceLosesKing
trishan wrote:I am thinking of buying myself a Canon 550D DSLR. Very cool camera. In addition to taking awesome pics, it records in full HD.


Aaron Kleemann likes this.

Gonna be picking up some Turtle Beach headphones for the 360, keen.

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2010 11:17 pm
by gundog
bennymacca wrote:that is a beast of a laptop. probably just as easy to cart your desktop around :D


yep it weighs in at a tad under 4.5kg

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 1:15 am
by John Miller
lump of coal ....

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2010 10:10 am
by Brett Kay
Codger wrote:lump of coal ....


Well with all the rain up there, least it can be used to keep you warm.

:-D

Re: Xmas Brag Thread ( What did you get)

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:52 pm
by madali
So very happy got an phone for Christmas. Don't ask me what type as the kids have taken it and I am not likely to see it again. I know it is touch screen and that is about it. Just so happy that it was not another iron like last year or another toaster like the one I got for my birthday :D