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MSI has officially announced an ultrapotable laptop called the Wind PC, which will compete with the Asus Eee PC in the low-cost notebook market.

“The Wind will come with either an 8.9- or 10-inch display option featuring LED backlight technology and a resolution of 1024×600. The system weights around 1kg, according to MSI, and includes a 2.5-inch hard drive with storage capacity of 80GB. The notebooks will include Windows XP and, unlike some other vendors, MSI has not mentioned any plans to offer a Linux-based version so far,” DigiTimes reports.

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Micro-Star Int’l today announced MSI VR340 notebook featuring a 13.3-inch display and the Intel Pentium Dual-Core processor.

The 4.85-pound VR340 supports up to 3GB of system memory, according to specifications. It comes with up to 250GB of hard drive capacity and a built-in optical drive. The system is based on Intel’s GL960 chipset with integrated graphics.

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Micro-Star International (MSI) is going to launch Linux OS-based low-cost notebook PCs in June at the earliest. The first of these products will be built on the Intel “Shelton’08” platform, and will feature a 7-inch display, according to Sambora Chen, director of Greater China sales.

Chen said that another model which runs on Windows XP is still under testing. Besides the first models built on Intel’s technology, MSI is also in talks with AMD about a potential partnership, Chen added.

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MSI has announced the PR200 Crystal Collection 12.1-inch luxury notebook, which features 120 handcrafted crystals forming a ring on notebook’s lid, and a pearl white chassis color.

The “simple, sophisticated and elegant” MSI PR200 Crystal Collection 3.9-pound ultraportable is based on the Intel “Santa Rosa” mobile platform and combines the Intel GM965 chipset and an Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 integrated GPU manages the notebook’s 12.1″ “Amazing Crystal Vision” display with 1280×800 resolution. This fashionable laptop supports up to 3GB of system memory and comes with a hard drive up to 250GB and a DVD burner.

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MSI Computer has unveiled its new 12-inch widescreen PR210 YA Edition ultraportable laptop featuring an AMD’s processor technology and Denim Blue, Coral Pink and Lime Green color choices.

The MSI PR210 YA incorporates the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Mobile TK-53 (1.7 GHz) processor and the ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 integrated graphics. The notebook has 1GB of DDR2 system memory, a 120GB SATA hard drive, a DVD burner, a 802.11b/g wireless LAN connection, and a built-in Bletooth module.

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MSI has unveiled the GX600, its first so-called “Turbobook” laptop featuring MSI’s Turbo Drive Engine Technology for notebook’s processor overclocking.

“While the GX600 is in AC mode, just press the silver turbo button above the keyboard and you can simultaneously increase the speed of you CPU and the system up by 20%. Your computer can run smoothly to the very best of its abilities. Also, in the past, notebook always took at least 1 minute or longer the start up. Applying the Turbo technology, the GX600 takes less than 40 seconds to boot, the computer can run much quicker not wasting any moment of your valuable time,” according to MSI.

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MSI has recently announced its new 12-inch widescreen S262 YA edition ultra-portable laptops, available in three different chassis colors.

“Moving away from the cold and impersonal notebooks designs and colors commonly found today, the S262 YA edition will provide an invigorating and fresh way to compute. Coming in a number of lively and vivid colors (Aegean Sea Blue, Fresh Grass Green, and Marguerite Rose Pink); users will stand out from the crowd and express their own individual flair,” the press release says.

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Micro-Star Int’l has released the MSI M673 15.4-inch (1280 x 800) widescreen notebook PC series, featuring support for AMD Turion 64 x2 dual-core processors, as well as Mobile Sempron CPUs.

The various MSI M673 configurations are built on nVidia GeForce 6100 (C51MV) + nVidia MCP51M Chipset and provide Geforce Go 7400 256MB Turbo Cache graphics. The M673 supports up to 2GB of main memory and SATA hard drive with up to 120GB of storage capacity. It ships with combo optical drive or with DVD burner.

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NotebookReview web site has published the review of the MSI M677 Crystal Collection laptop. This exclusive notebook, featuring ring on notebook lid made of 120 pieces of genuine SWAROVSKI crystals, is claimed to be better product than competing Acer’s Ferrari and Asus’ Lamborghini luxury laptops.

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Micro-Star International (MSI) has designed a HATO medical laptop which supports the ECG (electrocardiogram analysis) and showcased it at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week.

“MSI HATO (Heartbeat Audition Transceiver On-the-Go) notebook is designed to monitor the patient’s electrocardiogram record and to enable online access to doctor who can view the results anytime in the hospital. The HATO is great solution for doctors and patients who want to get immediate monitoring and diagnosis,” the press release says.

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Micro-Star Int’l today announced MSI S300 Crystal Collection, the 13.3-inch widescreen laptop with crystal. Along with MSI’s exclusive ring on notebook lid, made of 120 pieces of “genuine SWAROVSKI crystal”, the S300 also features the Shiny UV Light Glossy Coating.

Based on Intel’s 945GM chipset, the MSI S300 Crystal Collection features a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 processor, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, a 120GB SATA hard drive, a DVD burner and a 802.11b/g wireless connection.

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MSI announced luxurious Crystal laptop collection, featuring the Austrian crystal forming a ring on notebook’s lid. The M677 is the first model in MSI Crystal Collection which is “the fusion of Austrian beauty and Taiwanese innovation”. It incorporates 15.4-inch widescreen, AMD Turion 64 X2 processor, up to 2GB of DDR2 memory, 5400rpm hard drive and a DVD burner.

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Micro-Star Int’l today introduced the 14-inch widescreen MSI S430 notebook featuring the dual-core AMD Turion 64 X2 processor and the NVDIA GeForce Go 6100 graphics card.

MSI S430 supports up to 2 GB of DDR2 memory and is equipped with 5400rpm hard disk. The S430 provides dual 802.11 b/g wireless and an optional Bluetooth, as same as a built-in digital TV tuner, infrared remote controler and a double-layer DVD burner.

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MSI listed on its USA web site four barebone notebooks supporting the latest Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile (Merom) processors - the 14-inch widescreen MS-141214, the 15.4-inch widescreen MS-1034 and the 17-inch widescreen MS-171614 and MS-171544 models.

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MSI announced the worldwide availability of its MSI S271 laptop, based on the AMD Turion X2 processor and an ATI chipset, the X200M. Retail price is slated to be ~$1,498.

MSI S271 Specifications

* AMD Turion X2 CPU
* AMD 485M + SB460 chipset
* ATI Integrated graphics
* 12.1″ WXGA display
* 256 to 2GB of DDR2 400/533/667 RAM
* 4-in-1 card reader
* 80/100/200GB HDD, 5400RPM
* Weight: 1.9kg (4.2lbs)
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