MSI unveils ultra-thin X-Slim 320, fits snugly into manila envelope
By Ross Miller 
posted January 5th 2009 1:43PM
posted January 5th 2009 1:43PM
[Via Engadget Chinese]
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"either a 4 or 8 cell battery that lasts up to 10 hours."
Sounds removable
WOW It's almost as thin as STEVE JOBS
*badum ching !*
I can't believe I'm voting you up.
"[..]4 or 8 cell battery that lasts up to 10 hours."
then I will take the 4 cell battery that lasts up to 10 hours, thank you.
/Nc
Little wary of Instant Rim Shot websites since last time....
"Request blocked by WebBlocker"...Is that the best picture they had?
Wow, flashpoint, that came out of nowhere... A++, would laugh again!
ah, he (flashpoint) reads XKCD... nothing original there
Q4 09, does this mean it will run on Windows 7?
That would be Q2 09...
Ive been running windows 7 for a few weeks now (build 6801 on this laptop and build 7000 on the main). I have to say... meh. Its faster than Vista, and prettier than OsX, but I still like XP...
What's that? 3 USB ports, VGA, Ethernet and built in WWAN? Oh, and a card reader as a bonus!
I'm guessing you'll be able to fit slightly thicker USB peripherals in the slots too...
Whaddaya say to that, macbook Air?
Personally I would rather have a mini-DisplayPort or a HDMI port instead of VGA.
You go to any business and give a presentation, what will EVERY SINGLE PROJECTOR have in common? VGA. It servers a purpose.
From the MacBook Air:
Well, since I have a faster processor and graphics card, I can actually accomplish tasks while you look like an idiot plugging in all those peripherals you always claim to need all at one time while traveling light.
Uh huh; sure. Keep quoting specs that don't matter.
I'm sure Apple would remind us, this new MSI notebook runs windows and looks like a cheap crapgadget. Why would anyone throw their money down the tubes on this? Seriously, I use both Mac OS X and Windows. There is no competition. My Macbook Pro is just better in every way. It's stable. I don't get pop-ups or spyware (though, in fairness, this can be avoided to some degree on a Windows box by minding one's behavior online). It's blazing fast. It doesn't just slow down all by itself over time, like Windows.
Fine, I need an adapter for projectors. Really, it's not a big deal in the least.
Okay. After popping over to the Chinese Engadget site, it doesn't appear crap-gadgety at all. It actually is aesthetically pleasing. But...err...is that a single button for the trackpad?! Wow, I wonder how the Windows fanboys are going to spin this one. :)
Rocker button. It's two buttons that are "joined" in the center: Clicking the left is a left click, clicking the right is a right click.
an adapter will convert DisplayPort, DVI, Mini-DVI and HDMI to VGA.. but not the other way around so I would rather take a digital port which can be converted to VGA compared to a VGA that will only ever be VGA. Take a look here http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10419 Like the above poster said.. Mini-DVI would have been the smartest choice.
@ Gian
The MSI Wind I own runs MacOSX natively, so I imagine that if someone wanted to slap OSX on this new model, there is a high probability that it will run it. I dual boot to both operating systems frequently and I haven't had any trouble in the 5+ months I've been doing this.
That hinge doesn't look very solid.
Those elbows are too sharp.
This assrash is killing me.
my Gimpy ankle is giving me all sorts of trouble.
Nice, with this kind of competition it means that there will be a new macbook air anytime (not too) soon with more ports and more battery life, just in time for my next laptop replacement.
I hope they lower the price tough.
C'mon, where's the dual core atom? As for the battery, I'm guessing it will come with the 4cell, and MSI will charge $200 for the 8cell battery, that is if you can actually find it. Why don't they just use the 8cell by default? I'm tired of portables being crippled with lousy battery life, despite the advancement in power management and power efficient chips.
Some people are more concerned with weight, and an 8-cell battery on a super-light laptop adds a lot. Nice to have the choice, I think.
coffee: It is good if it's actually a choice. However, unless it's a BTO like Dell, the higher capacity battery is usually impossible to find retail/online wise, and are way overpriced.
good point, Pika. Hopefully this time both batteries will be available upon release.
Well, the 8-cell is likely to make it thicker, which may make it not
fit in an envelope. (Ya know, in case you _wanted_ to carry it in
one.) In the world of T&Ls, there actually can be logic involved with
going with the compact battery sometimes, so I'm in favor of the
option. But I _do_ hope they have good availability of both...
They have the choice so they can say this laptop costs as little as $800, lasts as long as 10 hours, and weighs as little as 2.87lb.
Just not all at the same time. I am sure the 8 cell will be protruding too, for that really cheap feeling.
another beauty to cut bread with!
Cake...
Want it.
1 Word:
Nicee.....
HA, except for that resolution, I do hate odd resolutions/screen sizes. Forces your screen to downsize for a game when you have a higher res, just doesnt fit anything preset. Small gripe I know.
Dude, anything like this will just SUCK at playing games. You should find something else.
Oh darn, and I was prepping to reinstall Crysis and everything!
Interesting stuff, even though the design really could have been a bit more original.
Nice screen, nice port selection, integrated WWAN, low weight, apparently good battery life - me likey!
I can't see where it says that WWAN is built in. I have a bog-standard Wind, and the one thing I wish it had is integrated WWAN. From MSI's press release only the Wind U120 has 3.5G/WiMAX on board.
Erm...both the linked Crave article and the post here say that it has a HS*PA interface of some sort...
Fits 'smugly' is more like it amirite.
I lol'd
I was roaring with laughter in real life and everything. Well played, sir!
"Dont worry jim Im going to interoffice your laptop....."
This isn't an Air Competitor. It is a Mini 12 Competitor, and a damn good one at that. Hopefully the keyboard is solid. Honestly, this all most coders need: A light platform with a good keyboard. Here's to hoping Dell up's that Ante and brings the Z530 as well so we can get 2GB of Ram on the Mini 12's.
Like hell it isn't. Explain what market the MBA is competing in? An under powered, low profile laptop seems to fit the description of the MBA pretty well. MSI can't compete with OSX tho so we'll have to see what Android or Ubuntu can put forward in the not-to-distant future. Otherwise, MBA is just overpriced using the wrong approach to make a slim laptop.
@ ken.
Windows 7 can compete with your precious OSX.
i've used both, and im posting on a PC running windows 7 build 7000 and im happier with it then i was with OSX.
@Ken
First of all, the Macbook Air is vastly more powerful than this. It has a normal ~1.8Ghz dual-core Core 2 Duo. This has a single-core atom.
More importantly perhaps, the Air is obviously meant for a market niche that values extreme portability and form over function. With a single (recessed) USB port, no firewire, no expresscard, no eSATA, no card reader, etc it obviously isn't for geeks.
To the OP, I don't know what you work on, but I'm guessing it must involve HTML/javascript or Python/PHP/Ruby, and not use much of an IDE. A single-core atom and a slow-ass 4200RPM drive would choke to death trying to compile C/C++/ or JIT C#/Java, and Visual studio or eclipse would be a drag on that thing...
I agree, this is a netbook competitor, and it's refreshing to see some design innovation in the class. Most of the ones currently out have pretty bland designs (small and cute, but not as light or small as they could be).
Two things I'd be interested in with this - dual core atom and whether this thing uses a normal 2.5" hard drive. If it has those things, sign me up.