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Toshiba Qosmio G10 (2004)

PQG1027LDER · PQG1027LDEW · G10-100 · G10-133 · 2004–2005 · laptop

Specifications

Cpu: Intel Pentium M 725, 1.6 GHz (2 MB L2, Intel 855PM); some regional SKUs offered the 735/755. GPU: Nvidia GeForce FX Go5700
Ram: max: 2 GB (2x SO-DIMM slots, nothing soldered) · base: 512 MB DDR (PC2700)
Ports: USB 2.0 x4 · FireWire/i.LINK · PC Card slot · 100Base-TX Ethernet · V.90 modem · VGA · S-Video out · 5-in-1 card reader · Headphone out · Microphone in · Analogue TV tuner antenna input
Battery: Removable Li-ion pack
Display: 17" 1440x900 WXGA+ Clear SuperView/TruBrite TFT, ~330 nits, dual backlights
Storage: base: 80 GB Ultra ATA/100 HDD · options: Dual 80 GB (160 GB total) on the flagship 27LDER · Dual-layer DVD Super Multi drive built in
Weight: 4.3 kg
Os Support: latest: Windows XP (no later official support documented) · shipped: Windows XP Home (some European SKUs shipped XP Media Center Edition)

Variants

Revisions

G10/27LDERPQG1027LDERJapan flagship, dual 80 GB HDDs

G10/27LDEWPQG1027LDEWJapan, single 80 GB HDD

G10-100 / G10-133European SKUs; the US market instead got the near-identical Qosmio G15

Upgrade paths

RAM

2 GB PC2700 DDR (2x1 GB SO-DIMM) · Two accessible SO-DIMM slots with nothing soldered.

~$20 used

EASY

storage

Standard 2.5" PATA drives in caddies, two bays on the flagship configuration · Covered by Toshiba's maintenance manual; the dual-bay 27LDER made RAID-less capacity doubling easy for the era.

MODERATE

battery

Removable Li-ion pack · Standard snap-in swap. Buyers should know the F10/G10-era Nvidia video chipset is a documented failure point under sustained load.

EASY