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Tired of seeing a sea of boring gray and matte black in the world of laptops? Sony is gearing up to literally add some color in those cheeks and a little spice in your life with their all new VAIO Type C line of “fun” computers for “young people.” The suits downtown can be perfectly content rolling around in a ThinkPad, but the iPod generation wants their personality to come shining through, and that’s why these fairly powerful notebooks come in your choice of six different colors: black, silver, and dark grey for the conservative types, as well as baby blue, green, and pink for the more exuberant amongst us.

As far as specs are concerned, the VAIO Type C can hold its own against many of its main competitors. Powering these computers will be your choice of Intel processors: if you want to save a few bucks, you can get the Celeron M430 CPU, but more likely than not, you’ll probably want to step up a Core 2 Duo (T5500, T7200, or T7400). RAM ranges from 512MB to 2GB, whereas the visual side of things comes by way of an NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 graphics card. You can also get a hard drive as large as 120GB.

No word on pricing or availability, but if you’re looking for a sexy laptop (one that may even come with a free bag, I might add), then the Sony VAIO Type C just might be for you.

Fujitsu just unveiled their lineup of FMV-BIBLO laptops powered with the new Intel Santa Rosa chipset. The lithe 13.3-inch MG series start at just 1.58-kg (3.48-pounds) and 22.4-mm
(0.88-inches) yet come slammed with up to 4GB of memory, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, 120GB 5400rpm SATA disk, and a multi-bay drive for a DL DVD burner or extra battery for up to 9.2-hours of untethered operation.

Toshiba PC & Network Corporation will release its Dynabook Satellite K20 this September 4th. The laptop features a Core 2 Duo T7500 (2.2GHz) processor giving it the power to compete in today’s laptop market. Aside from the fact that it is customizable, the unit also features a fingerprint security sensor. Furthermore, Operating System can be chosen from either Windows XP Professional or Windows Vista Business.The K20’s other features include a 15.4-inch wide liquid crystal display with 1,280×800 pixel (WXGA) resolution. For those of you on a budget, a standard model for the K20 will also be released on the said date. The standard models include a Celeron M 530 (1.73GHz) CPU, memory 512MB (maximum 2GB), Intel GL960 Express (video functional built-in), HDD 80GB and CD-RW/DVD-ROM and will be priced at about 180,600 Yen.

The loaded unit with Core 2 Duo T7500 CPU, Intel GM965 Express (video functional built-in), memory 512MB (maximum 4GB), to load HDD 80GB and CD-RW/DVD-ROM will be priced at 248,850 Yen.

The Santa Rosa-based behemoth known as the Precision M6300 is finally coming very soon. The 17-inch monster laptop will be a very good partner for business boys and girls. The laptop features a a Core 2 Duo X7900 CPU (2.8GHz with an 800MHz FSB), Nvidia’s Quadro FX 1600M graphics chipset, up to 4GB of RAM, and a 120GB or 200GB hard drive.

Dell also plans to make a SanDisk 32GB SSD available for the road-ready laptop, and is offering a DVD, DVD-RW, or Blu-ray writable optical drive. Of course, the M6300 has all the regular bells and whistles, like 802.11a/g/n, Bluetooth 2.0, DVI, Firewire, plus a not-so-usual optional AT&T HSDPA card.

Garmin has recently presented its new GPS navigation system called nuvi 770, which is one of their most expensive systems with a price tag of $1,000. It features a WQVGA TFT screen with 4.3-inches and a 480×272 resolution.

Besides the usual bluetooth, the nuvi 770 also features MSN direct for the US, and FM radio with traffic information. On the multimedia section, the GPS can play MP3s, it has an audio book player and is able to display images via the picture viewer.

Additional features include 3D map view, the ability to add new POIs (points of interest), providing information to avoid traffic, therefore giving the best route possible, and also a world travel clock + calculator + tools to help with the currency and measurement conversions.