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Toshiba Satellite Laptops: New Fusion Look, Charge-Anytime USB Ports, Cheaper Prices

Mr. T's favorite laptop maker rolled out slick, useful and budget-minded updates to its Satellite line today. First up, the 13.3" U400, 14.1" M300, 15.4" A300 and 17" P300 have a new look called "Fusion," a shiny finish with pinstripes and smoothed edges, not unlike that sucka HP's successful smooth-n-shiny-n-pinstripey look. The eight shots in the gallery make the design look a bit greenish, so we'll have to wait to pass final judgment. It's one thing to look nice on the outside, but like T, these have a lot going on on the inside, too...

The laptops will all have "Feather-Touch" multimedia touch-sensitive keys and a webcam with facial-recognition security login, presumably more for fun than true security. They will all also have Sleep-and-Charge USB ports, which will charge stuff even when the laptop is asleep or powered down, provided the laptop is plugged into a wall socket.

At the same time, Toshiba introduced two totally new laptops, the A200, with a starting price of $600 including 15.4" widescreen, DVD SuperMulti drive 160GB drive, 1GB of RAM and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core processor. The company also introduced the 17" L350 with built-in webcam, ATI Radeon X1250 graphics and DVD SuperMulti drive for $750. [Toshiba releases: Redesigned laptops; Cheap laptops]

4:20 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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riqgeez at 04:33 PM on 04/01/08
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What, no pics? I can't see a thing Giz besides the cover shot.
Darrone at 04:36 PM on 04/01/08
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@riqgeez: Don't act like giz isn't perfect..... oh wait I can't see them either.
Hvedhrungr at 04:42 PM on 04/01/08
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I suppose pinstripe green is the new pinstripe black?
AviCodrus at 04:44 PM on 04/01/08
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Comment on Toshiba Satellite Laptops: New Fusion Look, Charge-Anytime USB Ports, Cheaper Prices I have been charging my iPhone and iPod via the Macbook Air and Macbook Pro's USB ports whilst the computer's in sleep mode. This is nothing new.
SchruteBuck at 04:45 PM on 04/01/08
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@riqgeez: You see what they want you to see, stop rocking the boat.
Darrone at 04:53 PM on 04/01/08
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She's a meaty girl isn't she?
gr.mon at 05:22 PM on 04/01/08
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Keep up the goo T work.
Claystil at 05:24 PM on 04/01/08
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OHHH!!! SHINY!! GIVE TO ME!!! GIVE TO ME THE SHINE!!!
halfshafter at 05:35 PM on 04/01/08
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In the year 2008 AD man discovered a way to charge his USB devices while his computer slept.

And God wept.
Kaiser-Machead at 05:38 PM on 04/01/08
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My iPod's Li-ion battery pack can charge on my Macbook in sleep mode, but it'll wake up if anything that sends a signal is plugged in. Being able to charge the iPod itself or other data-collecting/sending doodads would be great to have.
dwight-schrute at 05:47 PM on 04/01/08
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Will this come with a "Fresh Start" type install option. I haven't had to work with Toshiba's for a while but I remember there being quite a bit of lipo that had to go on for all the bloat.
lunarstreaker at 05:59 PM on 04/01/08
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Yo, if it's good enuff fer T, it's good enuff fer me----------foooool.
AlpineSurfer at 09:07 PM on 04/01/08
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I think they only posted that pic due to not being able to superimpose any pictures of Mr.T over actual T's....

I suppose the keyboard could also get one though LOL
bpatten at 09:39 PM on 04/01/08
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@dwight-schrute: I think that still holds true, I recently bought a Toshiba as a gift for someone, and it had more crapware on it than any other PC i've ever bought.
CaptainYoshi at 12:09 AM on 04/02/08
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I've had pretty good luck with Toshiba laptops in the past.

First impression: Sweet form factor, suckaceous color.
bsoft at 03:55 AM on 04/02/08
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Uh, my ThinkPad T61 can do "sleep and charge" - the USB ports are active when the device is off or sleeping if it's plugged in. You can turn on or off the setting using the BIOS.

My old Compal EFL30 did this, too - it even did it on battery when the laptop was sleeping.