I held off the purchase of a new laptop, narrowing down a new HP Compaq or Dell 1525, with one of the HP Compaq's as what I would purchase. That was until last week when I saw the Brand New (Not yet out of the box) Toshiba Satellite M300 and it's brilliant and durable Fusion Finish which in my opinion is the nicest design - Black, Silver, Chrome - Literally covering the whole laptop.
You need to see the choices available on the Toshiba Website.
Here are a few images:
