Toshiba, ASUS Unveil New Laptops

From DailyTech: For a long time notebooks only came in one color -- ugly beige. Things got a bit better when notebooks started to hit the market with more attractive designs in gray or black cases. Today there are all sorts of notebook colors to choose from on the market.

One of the things that many notebook makers are doing now is using highly glossy plastics with their machines, which only look good the first time you use them. For the rest of the notebooks life it will be covered with smudges and fingerprints. Toshiba has unveiled new Satellite M500 and U500 notebooks with a highly glossy finish this week. Engadget reports the glossy plastic soaks up the fingerprints in person. The researcher who designers a coating that repels fingerprints on glossy surfaces will be the next millionaire.

The looks are the most interesting aspect of the otherwise boring notebooks, that and the fact that the rigs are Windows 7 ready. The A500 has a 16-inch LCD and starts at $749.99 with the U500 starting at $849.99 and offering a 13.3-inch LCD.

ASUS has unveiled its latest gaming laptop called the G60 and the machine carries the Republic of Gamers brand. The 16-inch laptop has debuted in Europe and there is no word on when the beast will hit store shelves in America.

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