http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/ Engadget Comments for MSI ships $999 13.3-inch EX300 laptop http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/
Um, no they don't. The old ones had Intel integrated graphics (read: no dedicated chip) and the new ones have Nvidia integrated graphics. While the new Nvidia chip is vastly better, it still can't compete with a legitimate graphics card like the 3450.

And no, I'm not an Apple hater either- this is being typed on a current gen mb pro.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/If you don't plan to play games, 10-inch netbook would be a better choise, IMO, considering the price difference.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/
In a laptop there are two possible places you're going to place the video chip one of two places. In this case, with the MSI laptop, it is on a module connected to the laptop's motherboard. Along with the graphics chip is the dedicated memory, 256MB in this case. With an Intel solution the graphics chip is integrated into the Northbridge. The Northbridge is a chip that basically acts as the systems highway, the CPU accesses things such as memory,USB ports, hard drives, etc via this chip. When a chip is integrated into the Northbridge it must be small, low power, and rarely has it's own dedicated memory (the only exception with this right now is an entirely AMD based system, and not all of those have dedicated memory). This means the chip is slow and must access main memory (which causes latency, lag, and is much slower). Now this is a really crude breakdown but I hope it helps.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/
Let's see

Macbook:
- 1GB DDR2 Memory
MSI:
- Not specified, but I can't imagine it wouldn't be at least 2GB, as they do with all their current laptops
win: Probably MSI

Macbook:
- 1.3 iSight cam
MSI
- 2.0 cam
win: MSI

Macbook:
- 120GB hard drive
MSI:
- 250GB
win: MSI

Macbook:
- No cardreader
MSI
- 3 in 1 cardreader
win: MSI

Macbook:
- 5 pounds
MSI:
- 4.5 pound
win: MSI

Macbook:
- Crappy onboard VGA
MSI:
- ATI's 256MB Mobility Radeon HD3450 GPU
win: MSI

Macbook:
- Battery life: 4.5 hours
MSI:
- Not specified, but with an 8 cell battery, there's no way you'll get less than 4.5 hours
win: Probably MSI

Macbook:
- Display port for which you need to buy additional adapters
MSI:
- HDMI
Win: MSI
....

do I need to go on?

Don't think so. ]]>Dec 3rd 2008 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobility-Radeon-HD-3450.9593.0.html
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html?&benchmark_values=0&doom3=&fear=&month=&or=&professional=0&search=&sort=3dmark06

it scored 1912 points on 3dmark 06, which is a little better than 8400M GS, almost the same as 9300M GS, and significantly lower than my 8600M GT (which scored 3347). I know 3dmark 06 doesn't speak for everything, but it's a pretty good comparison. My 8600M GT can play CoD4 at highest settings, no AA, 1024 x 768 res with barely acceptable frame rate (30 ish). So you probably need to turn down the graphics settings for this one.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/I would think it'll handle CoD 4 though - the Asus N10 can handle it at lower resolution/detail, and that has an nvidia 9300m chip and an atom CPU.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Big Gorilla hands
Big Gorilla ?????]]>Dec 3rd 2008 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/big noses :P]]>Dec 3rd 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.notebookcheck.com/Mobile-Grafikkarten-Benchmarkliste.735.0.html

#80: 9400m
#94: 3450]]>Dec 3rd 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/xpsnb_m1530?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs
Not in the UK. They're just styled like the studios and renamed the M1530.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 7:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Hey, don't confuse people! That's an old regular XPS, not Studio XPS. The new Studio XPS 13 and 16 will be out in January/February.]]>Dec 3rd 2008 8:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 4th 2008 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/msi-ships-999-13-3-inch-ex300-laptop/Dec 3rd 2008 9:28PM