The Toshiba Qosmio F755-3D290 laptop packs a 15.6-inch 3D Glasses-Free LED backlight display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixel and Active Lens Technology, a 2GHz Intel Core i7 quad-core processor, 6GB of RAM, a 750GB hard drive, and a GeForce GT 540M graphics with 1GB GDDR3 memory.
Other features include a Blu-ray drive, arman Kardon speaker system, a 1.3 megapixel web camera, Ethernet LAN, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, one USB 3.0 port, VGA and HDMI output, and a 6 cell lithium Ion battery.
| Toshiba Qosmio F755-3D290 Specifications | |
| Processor | Intel Core i7-2630QM (4x2GHz + HTT, Turbo to 2.9GHz, 32nm, 6MB L3, 45W) |
| Chipset | Intel HM65 |
| Memory | 1x2GB Samsung DDR3-1333 and 1x4GB Samsung DDR3-1333 (Max 2x4GB) |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1GB DDR3 (96 CUDA cores, 672MHz/1344MHz/1.8GHz core/shader/memory clocks) |
| Display | 15.6" LED Glossy 16:9 1080p, capable of 720p glasses-free 3D TOS508F |
| Hard Drive(s) | 750GB Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 5400-RPM SATA-II HDD |
| Optical Drive | Matshita BD-RE (UJ240ES) |
| Networking | Realtek PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Atheros AR9002WB-1NG 802.11b/g/n Bluetooth 3.0 |
| Audio | Realtek ALC272 HD Audio Stereo speakers Mic and headphone jacks |
| Battery | 6-Cell, 11.1V, 48Wh |
| Front Side | SD/MS/xD card reader |
| Right Side | Mic and headphone jacks 2x USB 2.0 Optical drive |
| Left Side | VGA Exhaust vent USB 2.0 USB 3.0 HDMI |
| Back Side | Kensington lock Ethernet jack AC adaptor |
| Operating System | Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1 |
| Dimensions | 15.3" x 10.5" x 1.5" (WxDxH) |
| Weight | 7.5 lbs. |
| Extras | 1.3MP webcam Keyboard with 10-key SD card reader USB 3.0 Glasses-free 3D |
| Warranty | 1-year standard warranty |
| Pricing | Starting at $1,299 Our model: $1,699 |
You'll forgive me for my unprofessionalism, but the best word I can think of for the Toshiba Qosmio F755's configuration is "wonky." When I reviewed Toshiba's all-in-one, the DX735, I praised Toshiba for being able to produce a balanced system configuration that was well-suited to its intended purpose, but the F755 in any of its three shipping configurations is the polar opposite.
The bright spot of the F755 is the Intel Core i7-2630QM. The i7-2630QM and its successor the i7-2670QM are, in my opinion, the price/performance/power sweet spot of the mobile market right now. The F755-3D290 configuration employs the i7-2630QM, which is a fast quad-core processor with Hyper-Threading, able to turbo up and provide plenty of juice on two cores, but also capable of being fairly frugal with power consumption. Best of all, the i7-2630QM is reasonably inexpensive and shows up in notebooks across the board. OEMs like it, and I certainly wouldn't ever be unhappy with it.
Unfortunately things wind up being pretty screwy everywhere else. Why just 6GB of DDR3 instead of an even 8GB, especially with prices where they are? Why the dismally slow 5400-RPM hard drive, borderline unforgivable in a $1,700 laptop? Why Atheros's slow wireless solution instead of one of Intel's more capable ones--or at least give us something with support for two spatial streams and 5GHz radios? All this, and then a Blu-ray rewriteable drive? A Blu-ray reader would've sufficed.
Users planning on enjoying 3D Vision with the Qosmio F755 are going to be disappointed on two fronts. The first is the anemic NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M. The 540M is fine for gaming at 1366x768 without 3D, but 3D Vision is very demanding on graphics hardware and the 540M just isn't going to cut it. Fortunately that doesn't matter, because while Toshiba advertises 3D Vision support for the F755, it just plain doesn't work. I actually checked other reviews and they all ran into the same problem; when you click "Enable 3D Vision" on the laptop, it does nothing. I've read that NVIDIA and Toshiba are working together on a 3D Vision driver for the F755, but it hasn't materialized yet...three months after the laptop's release.
Finally, to add insult to injury, the F755 is not Optimus enabled. No intelligent switching between the Sandy Bridge IGP and the GeForce GT 540M, and battery life suffers tremendously as a result. Small wonder the notebook arrived with little fanfare.
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