On Tuesday, Toshiba launched the Qosmio G55-802, the first laptop available with the Cell CPU. Yes, think PS3 technology, developed jointly by Toshiba, Sony, and IBM. However, in particular, the Cell CPU is not about gaming, but about the multimedia experience. Taking the load away from the Intel CPU, the Cell processor performs gesture control, face navigation, transcoding and upscaling to HD. Interestingly (and necessary, with 4 GB of RAM), the system comes with 64-bit Vista installed by default, but 32-bit Vista ships as an option as well.”

Features

• Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 64-bit)
• Windows Vista Home Premium (SP1, 32-bit)
• Tohiba Quad Core HD Processor
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2 GHz)
• NVIDIA® GeForce 9600M GT
• 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM
• 500GB: Two 250GB 5400rpm hard drives
• DVD-SuperMulti (+/-R double layer) with Labelflash drive
• Atheros Wireless LAN (802.11b/g/n)
• Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR
• 18.4″ Screen

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