http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/ Engadget Comments for MSI serves up Core i5 within 13-inch X-Slim X360 ultraportable 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/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 5:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 5:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Agreed. They could've made this into a much more desirable ultra portable by those suggestions alone. Instead, they skimped, and placed this in the realm of mediocre ultras. Oh well. Maybe a different model number will show itself in time.]]>Mar 9th 2010 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 5:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 31st 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/
A nice ultra-light sporting most of the aesthetic appeal of the Air with none of the (serious) limitations, better performance, and a much lower price point.]]>Mar 9th 2010 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 5:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 5:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/thanks for the info! good to know its still light. my friend got the msi x340 for $500 and its awesome! sure made me regret getting my vaio carbon fiber z for $3000]]>Mar 9th 2010 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/
Another important fact left out in this story is the battery life.
The press release says up to 9 hours.

Looks like a win for MSI, as long as this one isn't too expensive]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/
Of course, I still can't figure out how to even use 50% of my C2D CPU unless I play 3 flash videos at once or something.]]>Mar 9th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/Mar 9th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/
That said, I also doubt it with this MSI machine. But I wish somebody would do it. I was looking at the new Dell Vostros and they've almost got it: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/dell-jazzes-up-vostro-lineup-with-new-look-and-core-2010-process/ .The 520M, discrete graphics (which I don't really insist upon anyway), and fairly lightweight. The only thing is that they don't allow you to remove the optical drive, even though the tech specs suggest that you could. I'd prefer to ditch that and save that much more weight.

So it seems that the only distinctinction here is the weight of the machine. This one is a lot lighter then the Vostro despite including an optical drive, and the same goes for the Vaio Z series. But why is it that only Sony can make a slim, light, full performace notebook? I suspect that if somebody else could do it, it would be cheaper than Sony's effort.

If HP would only update the 5310m already I might just be a happy man.]]>Mar 9th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-serves-up-core-i5-within-13-inch-x-slim-x360-ultraportable/They announced it two months ago, and now it's nowhere to be seen!

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