Toshiba’s new Satellite M500 and U500 mid-tier laptops “shine” in the flesh
Toshiba’s new Satellite M500 and U500 mid-tier laptops “shine” in the flesh
You know, at one point chrome accents and glossy plastics were novel additions to previously staid consumer electronics — now they make us want to punch a hole in the nearest smarmy LCD display. While HP has tried its best to be the worst offender in its consumer line, Toshiba is really giving it a shot with the M500 and U500 series laptops — the U500 is pretty outlandish, but at least it offers a ribbed, almost-desirable matte surface of sorts, while the M500 (pictured) makes everything else look tame in comparison, and has the plentiful finger smudges to prove it. Both of the laptops offer chrome trim, overdone speaker grills and light-up accents. The textured trackpads are probably a love it or hate it thing; in fact, most of these “style” choices could be termed as such, but we’re sure you’ve ascertained by now where we stand. Sure, the so-called general consumer apparently eats it up, but the charm is lost on us. On a gentler note, the M505 we looked at was running Windows 7, something we more commonly see being demoed on a touchscreen PC or something otherwise Windows 7 specific. Obviously it’s not shipping with that OS yet, but the pining is palpable.
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