Ruh roh -- looks like
MSI's about to
pull an ASUS. While the introduction of a few good X-Slim laptops is find and dandy, we're already starting to lose count of 'em. Aside from the
X320,
X340 and
X600, the outfit is apparently readying a 14-inch variant that will be tagged X400. The news was outed at a company event over in Japan this weekend, and while details outside of the diagonal screen size were short, we can probably expect it to hum along on a
CULV (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) chipset and be just as sexy as its more diminutive counterparts. If we were betting folks, we'd probably expect an official specifications sheet to hit just in time for Computex.
Right, MSI?
posted May 4th 2009 2:02AM
The tape inside the X-Slim is now forgiven. Clearly what was saved on tape went into hiring models that aren't butter-faces. The consumer wins.
LIGHT - SLIM - "AESTHETIC"
Jeez.
I agree, the introduction is very finD and dandy.
consumer ultra high stick!!
I hope to see a flurry of new CULV models soon. The MSI range is nice but seems to lack any SSD options.
Do any of these have passive heating? I would have thought the low CULV TDP would have allowed for this.
Ha yours is the first comment that doesnt mention the models!
go to gizmodo then!!
Looking good, finally an ultra portable with a decent sized screen and at a sensible price i hope.
i think they start at $800ish, maybe lower
wait, how much is the xslim line? nevermind, Im not a business man, and I dont need to pay 1500+ to surf the net. If I want to do photo editing, design, or web design ill do it at home, get me a msi wind with OSX
surely it's just another cheap piece of junk, like the x320 with it's taped wiring.
*sees picture*
I'll take 20.
AAh fantastic. Sorry to bring the apple reference in chaps but wouldn't this pretty much go head to head with the macbook air.
Will this bring the MBA price down at all?
I'm all about seeing where this notebook would go, as I'm a PC guy, but this isn't really in the same comparison as an MBA. The MBA has a dual-core chip, this laptop will more that likely have a CULV single-core one if the 13" and 15" counterparts are any indication. There are more differences but I'm sure everyone can google that. I don't see Apple responding to this with a price drop. Apple usually follows a fixed-price hierarchy; I think we'd see more powerful MBA's for the same price before we see the existing ones drop.
+1 at Thomas comment, pure genius...?
Slim: Yes
Sexy: WOW!!!
My 14 inch is ready now!
It would be nice if they actually sold the 13.3" xslim models before announcing the 14" version.
so..are they free or is this gonna cost me?
msi girlz
woooooooooot
ill say it;
Japaneses Trade show models > Korean Trade show models > Taiwanese Trade show models > Chinese Trade show models
this one was Taiwanese right? I was trying to be fair.
Honestly I cant even see the laptop in the pic. The model far outshines the hunk of msi plastic she is holding. Marketing needs to rethink this uber beauty thing.
haha! Engadget moderates the comments!
Ya know.. if they do moderate, I'm very glad. There were so many crappy "FIRST" and "THIS/THAT SUCKS!" comments, that the whole blog was becoming much more noise than anything insightful in the comments section. I'm glad if this is true.
They also have some sort of anti-rickrolling system in place, i have tried and tried
I don't think they moderate FIRST comments, but they took a lot (if all) of the comments referring to the models in a degrading manner out. I'm sorta glad.
Only comments about the girls, eh? Lame. Moderation would restore this blog to its former glory. Or just closing the comments down once fights break out. Shit is so lame-ass.
What happened to my comment about the Girls? This is about them!
I'd hit the right one :)