With a lineup of perfectly serviceable, but not exactly standout mainstream laptops, Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. Aiming to correct this, Toshiba has a whole new look and fee...

Stylish new design; charges USB devices, even when off.

Glossy finish attracts fingerprints; way too much bloatware; sleep-and-charge feature is turned off by default.

Toshiba's new Satellites, including the 14-inch M305, offer a reasonable mix of performance and price, but are weighed down by excessive out-of-the-box advertising links.

Toshiba's Satellite brand has long played second-fiddle to the company's excellent Qosmio multimedia systems. But the updated Satellite line has a whole new look and feel, with a shiny metallic sheen and a clever new Sleep-and-Charge feature, which lets y...

Stylish new design; charges USB devices, even when off; big hard drive.

Glossy finish attracts fingerprints; way too much bloatware; Sleep-and-Charge feature is turned off by default; slower AMD processor.

Toshiba rolls out its new Satellite look to the basic 15-inch AMD-powered Satellite A305D, but others offer more for the same $999.