I, personally, like Toshiba laptops and have owned 2 in the past. The first Toshiba laptop I owned was Toshiba M30 and it was pretty good. The one which I’ve now is Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z which was one of the most advanced laptops when I bought it 3 years ago.
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop
Good news is that Toshiba hasn’t discontinued the Qosmio series and keeps on innovating and improving it.
Entertainment System
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop is a powerful 3D gaming & entertainment sysgtem. The Qosmio X770-11C is a high end laptop designed exclusively for game lovers. Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C is a combination of powerful hardware, extraordinary 3D performance and stunning design features.
Processor
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C is powered by the latest quad core Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor which makes it a powerful laptop for gaming and entertainment. Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor provides optimum processing power, with Intel’s Hyper Threading and Turbo Boost technologies.
Display
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop has a full HD 3D 43.9cm (17.3”) display which makes it not just a laptop but an entertainment system. The next-generation dedicated nVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M 3D graphics is what powers this laptop.
Hard Drive
It has 500GB Hybrid drive which also provides faster boot up times and not to mention it is more than what you need for all your gaming and entertainment needs.
Memory
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop has capacity of 8GB RAM which boosts it’s performance further.
Optical Drive
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C has a Blu-ray RE drive. Opps! Blu-ray sounds too technical isn’t it? We are too well familiar with CD/DVD drives which are normally bundled with laptops. So seeing Blu-ray brings the firs question in mind which is it’s compatibility with CD/DVD. Don’t panic. this Blu-ray drive supports all of the CD/DVD formats and you can still enjoy the CDs/DVDs while enjoying the high performance Blu-ray disks.
This drive also allows you to burn your own Blu-ray disks.
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M with CUDA™ Technology is the heart of this powerful laptop which is ideal for watching your Blu-ray movies and it also provides vivid imagery when gaming.
Keyboard
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop Keyboard
It has full-size matt black tile backlit keyboard with 10-digit numeric keypad which provides easy typing. I like Qosmio keyboard.
Sound
I like Harman Kardon speakers which Toshiba uses for Qusmio series of laptops. Sound is stunning and it gives you an exceptional entertainment system. Dolby Advanced Audio gives a truly realistic sound for movies and gaming.
Operating System
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop comes with preinstalled Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium which gives high performance.
Interfaces
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop Interfaces
The best feature which I like in Toshiba laptops, and which is also the main reason why I’ve hooked up with toshiba, is the interface.
Most of the high end Toshiba laptops come with all the interfaces which you can think of.
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C is no exception and it comes with usual RJ-45, external monitor interface, various SD slots and USB ports. the striking feature is HDMI interface which allows you to connect HDMI compatible devices and nejoy the high speed data transfer. HDMI also lets you to connect your laptop to the HDMI compatible TV directly.
It has integrated HD 3D web camera with 12800×800 resolution. It also has a built-in microphone.
Weight
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch laptop weighs massive 5kg which might turn you off to think it as a laptop. However you can’t expect it to be less heavy for such massive and powerful computing machine.
Pros
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop is an ideal laptop for home entertainment and gaming purpose. It’s screen size and high end processors and graphics card makes it an ideal choice for home entertainment system.
If you are not going to use it as a mobile system then it is an ideal laptop for serious and high end users.
Cons
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop is massive. 17.3 inch makes it more or less a desktop system than laptop.
Another problem with Toshiba laptops is that they heat quite quickly and it not only reduces the performance but also sometimes switches off laptop automatically.
I’ve faced overheating problem with my Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z laptop. Even in a cold city like London it overheats specially in summer or in winter when heating system is switched on. I’ve used Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z in India as well and it used to overheat often.
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C with it’s massive screen size and high end processor and graphics card is bound to suffer from overheating problem as I don’t see any improvement with the heat reduction.
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch is not meant for mobility and you have to ground it at your home, even mobility inside home will be limited by it’s sheer size.
Verdict
If you are looking for a complete home entertainment system to replace your TV then this is an ideal choice. also if you live in a small house then you can use it as TV as well as a laptop.
Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop Technical Spcification
| Processor | | Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM Processor clock speed : 2.20 / 3.10 Turbo GHz Front Side Bus : 1333 MHz 3rd level cache : 6 MB | | Operating System | | Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit (pre-installed, Toshiba-HDD recovery) | | Colour | | Metallic Urban Black with red colour gradation and textured line pattern, black keyboard | | System memory | | 8,192 (4,096 + 4,096) MB , DDR3 RAM (1,333 MHz) | | Hard disk | | 1,000GB (Solid State Hybrid 4G Drive with 500GB and 4GB NAND flash + 500GB), 7,200 rpm | | Blu-ray Disc™ drive | | compatibility : CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-R(DL), DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R(DL), DVD+RW, DVD-RAM, BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-R(DL), BD-RE, BD-RE(DL) maximum speed : Read: 24x CD-ROM, 8x DVD-ROM, 6x BD-ROM/ Write: 24x CD-R, 4x CD-RW, 10x HS CD-RW, 16x US CD-RW, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD-R (Double Layer), 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+R (Double Layer), 8x DVD+RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 6x BD-R, 4x BD-R (Double Layer), 2x BD-RE, 2x BD-RE (Double Layer) type : Blu-ray Disc™ rewritable drive (BD-RE) with recording, rewriting and playback support, including DVD Super Multi drive functionality | | Display | | size : 43.9cm (17.3”) type : Toshiba TruBrite® FHD TFT High Brightness display for 3D Vision with LED backlighting and 16 : 9 aspect ratio internal resolution : 1,920 x 1080 response time rise + fall (Typ.) : 5 ms | | Graphics adaptor | | type : NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560M with CUDA™ Technology memory : 1,536 MB dedicated VRAM. Available graphics memory can be expanded using system memory, through TurboCache™ technology, up to 4,095 MB with 8 GB system memory installed as shown in the NVIDIA control panel (with pre-installed 64-bit operating system). memory type : GDDR5 Video RAM (resp. Video RAM and system memory combined) connected bus : PCI Express® | | Internal video modes | | The following internal video modes are supported: resolution : 1,920 x 1,080 | | Max External Video Modes | | Max Resolution : 2,048 x 1,536 Max Refresh Rate : 100 Hz Non-interlaced resolution with max refresh rate : 1,920 x 1,200 | | Interfaces | | 1 × DC-in 1 × external monitor 1 × RJ-45 1 × headphone (stereo) 1 × HDMI-CEC (REGZA-Link) supporting 1080p signal format 3 (Left 1, Right 2) × USB 2.0 1 × Multi-Card Reader (supports SD™ Card up to 2 GB, miniSD™/microSD™ Card with adapter up to 2 GB, SDHC™ Card up to 32 GB, SDXC™ Card up to 64 GB, Memory Stick® up to 256 MB, Memory Stick Pro™ up to 16 GB, MultiMedia Card™ up to 2 GB and xD-Picture Card™ up to 2 GB) 1 × external microphone supporting Sleep-and-Music 1 (Left) × USB 3.0 supporting USB Sleep-and-Charge 1 × integrated HD 3D Web Camera (1,280 x 800) with built-in microphone | | Expansion | | 2 × memory slots | | Wireless | | Compliancy : Wi-Fi® Network Support : 802.11b/g/n Manufacturer : Atheros Wireless Technology : Wireless LAN Manufacturer : Atheros Wireless Technology : Bluetooth® 3.0 + HS | | Networking | | topology : Gigabit Ethernet LAN speed : 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T | | Sound | | supported audio format : 24-bit stereo speakers : built-in Harman Kardon® stereo speakers with subwoofer manufacturer : Toshiba Bass Enhanced Sound System with Dolby® Advanced Audio | | Keyboard | | keys : 102 Windows keys : Yes special features : Full-size matt black tile backlit keyboard with 10-digit numeric keypad | | Pointing device | | type : Touchpad with multi-touch control supporting various scroll, zoom and launch functionalities at your fingertips. Featuring a separate touchpad on/off button. | | Battery | | technology : lithium-ion maximum life : up to 2h30min (Mobile Mark™ 2007) | | AC adaptor | | input voltage : autosensing AC adapter (100/240 V) for worldwide usage output voltage : 19 V output current : 9.5 A | | Dimensions | | W x D x H : 413.6 x 274.0 x 28.0 (front) / 43.9 (rear) mm weight : starting at 3.4 kg | | Bundled hardware | | NVIDIA® 3D Vision™ Kit incl. active shutter glasses, storage pouch, cleaning cloth, interchangeable nose pieces and documentation AC adaptor | | Bundled software | | Toshiba Bluetooth™ Stack Toshiba Disc Creator Toshiba User’s Manual Supervisor Password Utility Toshiba Assist Chicony Camera Assistant Software Toshiba Value Added Package (Toshiba Power Saver, Toshiba Zooming Utility, Toshiba PC Diagnostic Tool, Toshiba Flash Cards, Toshiba Components Common Driver, Toshiba Accessibility, Toshiba Button Support) McAfee® Internet Security (includes free Internet updates for 30 days) WildTangent Games Console Toshiba Photo Service Toshiba Recovery Media Creator WinDVD® BD for Toshiba Nero BackItUp & Burn Autobackup Essentials Skype Bing Toolbar and Bing Search Windows Live Essentials eBay Amazon Toshiba Video Player Nero Multimedia Suite 10 Essential Toshiba Music Place Corel® Digital Studio™ for Toshiba Connectivity Doctor ConfigFree™ Toshiba utilities and drivers This PC includes limited functionality versions of Microsoft ® Word and Excel with advertising. Purchase Microsoft ® Office 2010 to activate a full-featured suite preloaded on this PC. | | Toshiba EasyMedia | | Easy Entertainment Full HD Screen (1080p) HDMI-CEC (REGZA-Link) Solid State Hybrid 4G Drive 2D to 3D DVD conversion 3D display 3D TV Support Blu-ray Disc™ drive 2 Harman Kardon® Stereo Speakers Dual HDD Toshiba Resolution+ Dolby® Advanced Audio Sleep-and-MusicEasy Connectivity USB 3.0 Multi-Card Reader Bluetooth® Toshiba Face Recognition Toshiba ConfigFree™ 3D web camera Easy Usability Control Buttons Backlit keyboard Touchpad with multi-touch control HDD Protection USB Sleep-and-Charge Smart Display Support Toshiba TEMPRO Performance Tuning Service Toshiba LifeSpace PC Health Monitor Optical Drive Auto Lock Display with LED backlighting Nero Software Power-saving Eco Utility McAfee® Internet Security (includes free Internet updates for 30 days) Toshiba Media Controller & Toshiba Media Controller Plug-in | | Security features | | user password slot for Kensington Cable Lock supervisor password HDD password on request | | Special features | | ENERGY STAR 5.0 qualified computer SM BIOS compliant EasyControl Bar with 7 feather touch buttons (ECO utility, Wireless on/off, on/off function of LED illumination (Touch Pad, Satellite logo, Control Buttons), CD/DVD launcher and Play/Pause, Toshiba LifeSpace Bulletin Board, Volume+/Volume-) Enhanced Intel® SpeedStep® Technology HD Audio support |
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Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop Review, 3.2 out of 5 based on 9 ratings 
Hi Ajay,
I’m looking forward to buy Toshiba Qosmio X770-11C 17.3 inch Laptop. I was searching for reviews and found your post. Great review, tx for that.
You mentioned the overheating problem with Toshiba Qosmio laptops, could you elaborate more upon this? How serious is overheating? Does ti happen too often?
I intend to use this laptop heavily and if there is going to be overheating problem then i might have to look for other alternative.
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Ajay Reply:
October 31st, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Most of the high end laptops suffer from overheating problems. Toshiba high end laptops are notorious for overheating problem and it is a well accepted fact.
I had Toshiba Satellite M30 in the past and it also suffered from overheating.
now I use Toshiba Qosmio F50-10Z and it also suffer from overheating problem.
Overheating is not too serious specially in turning off the laptop. Once or twice in a year it will turn off due to overheating.
However if your room temperature is high then you might see it quite often.
When I was in India it used to turn off every night due to overheating tx to 35+ degree Celsius temperature.
The main problem is that it overheats up to such extent that you can no longer keep it on your lap. I use a wooden platform below laptop and even than after few hours I can feel the heat beneath wooden platform. I normally go for 2-3 hours in one sitting and I can feel the heat.
you have to live with the overheating problem as it is going to stay forever. You see there is a reason why we still have Desktop PCs. If you try to squeeze so many powerful chips in small enclosure without improving upon the heating system then problem will remain unsolved.
I would say don’t worry about overheating and go for this laptop.
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Overheating is an issue with any high end laptop. As correctly highlighted, the problem is that laptops do not have sufficient space for airflow, and heatsink options are limited.
Due to the design of laptops, the fan intakes are usually on the base of the laptop, with an outtake at either side or the back. Therefore, if you have the laptop on your lap (duh!) or desk etc, the room for airflow is restricted, as well as being damn hot!
The solution is to buy a laptop tray with fans – these can usually be found for £10-£20 and can be USB powered. I’ve used these before and laptops that would usually powerdown due to heat issues after 2-3 hours can last all day. I’ve tested these on an Alienware laptop, which is one of the heaviest, hottest models available, and it definitely improves performance, as well as the lifetime of the laptop. Persistent heat issues can damage the components within the laptop, often requiring replacement processors or boards – expensive!
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Ajay Reply:
December 6th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Good said.
I never attempted to search for “laptop tray with fans”, my wooden plank just works perfectly ;)
Trust me my Qosmio gets so hot that it is impossible to touch it with finger, let alone keep on lap.
Even I blame overheating for melting down hard drive. I hear noises now. Have to replace hard drive. 3 yrs is too less to bury a new hard drive. I expected at least 5.
Will never buy Toshiba again.
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