MSI X-Slim X340 photographed, benchmarked in mysterious hotel room
By Laura June 
posted April 2nd 2009 4:20PM
posted April 2nd 2009 4:20PM
We've seen plenty of photos of MSI's X-Slim X340 floating around as of late -- but these ones -- which were taken in a Las Vegas hotel room at CTIA, are pretty interesting, artistically speaking. More interesting, however, is the fact that the lucky chap from Laptop Magazine also did a little preliminary benchmarking of the laptop as well. He found the display to be quite satisfactory for viewing videos from any angle, though the speakers (housed on the bottom of the system) produced disappointingly weak sound, and that performance-wise, the CULV CPU is speedy enough to run Windows Vista without any hitches. Applications also loaded quickly, and things like multiple browser tabs didn't strain the system either. They're planning on running the full battery of benchmarks at a later date, but hit up the read link for further impressions. Also, there's one more snap after the break.
[Via Slashgear]
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****I am in no way, shape or form a Mac Fanboi****
But damn the side view there is approaching Macbook Air thinness
Yes I am aware there are other extremely thin laptops out there, but most look nothing like the MBA
That is all
So I can make a laptop and make one of the sides really thin and say its thinner than the MBA? Sounds great!
What is the 2nd USB for? Didn't Steve told us we did not need it, so why is it there?
@Linhares
well, you certainly 'telled' him.
How thick is this at it's thickest point? Must all slim PC laptops begin with "X"?
The answer to both your questions is Yes.
"Must all slim PC laptops begin with "X"?"
adamo, envy, and air say no
Something isn't quite right... oh yes! touchpad is off center. :(
Is it just me or do those 3 holes on the side look huge?
that's what she said
@nelagster:
That's exactly what I thought when I saw the new iPod Shuffle. I guess it's all just relative.
They are chromed.
Looks like a Courtyard. But the bedding doesn't quite match.
What's what we're trying to figure out, right? The hotel?
did you just say "these ones"?
She did.... BURN HER!
It looks very nice.
I have to say though, if i were in the market i would go MBA, purely because of software.
once more i comment too early, these are coming in at under $1000!
when can I buy one?
With a VIA C7-M, are you kidding me?
It's an Intel ULV, "Ultra-low Voltage."
I think the CPU is shit and it looks like someone spewed ketchup all over it , why ?
And you are an annoying spammer. I don't want to buy any of your shitty laptops.
I know it would be teetering too much on Mac design....but a black keyboard woulda made this so much better looking than the white for me
Yea this is definitely a poor man's MBA. Most of the functionality, lower build quality, half the price.
nothing wrong with that! Also plastic is light.
They say copyright infringement is the highest form of flattery.
Hotel rooms are where I do all of my benchmarking.
The Air sucks, I doubt this one is better. Why do people care so much about thinness? I'd rather have a longer lasting battery, more than one USB port or a optical drive. Even a thin notebook isn't very portable if you have to have an external drive and have to hook it up to an outlet all the time.
ummmm, you're supposed to take care of that stuff before you go somewhere? right?
I can't even remember the last time I used my DVD drive. I've even disabled it in windows so that it doesn't take up space on the 'my computer' screen. With usb flash drives and broadband the Optical Drive drive has become obsolete to me and I guess to a lot of others.
Design still sucks..... those there are sum ugly ports! Ughhh!!!!
Functionality over form....blaaargh!
Slap Leopard on that bad boy!