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    MSI introduces 13.4" X-Slim X320 'super portable' notebook

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Jan 7, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    MSI introduces 13.4" X-Slim X320 'super portable' notebook

    At CES 2009, Micro Star International (MSI) has introduced its latest notebook, the MSI X-Slim Series X320 'super portable notebook'. It weighs under three pounds and features a new 16:9 aspect ratio 13.4-inch widescreen display with LED backlighting (1366x768 resolution). At its thinnest point, it measures only 0.77 inches. MSI claims the notebook can go for up to ten hours on its available eight-cell battery; it comes standard with a four-cell.

    Specifications include an Intel Atom Z530 processor running at 1.6GHz, up to 2GB DDR2 RAM, a 2.5-inch hard drive, three USB ports, and a built-in 3.5G network card. It is unknown at this time if this notebook is based on Nvidia's Ion platform.

    Expect to see the MSI X-Slim X320 show up in the second quarter of this year for about $800.

    MSI Product Announcement
    Via (Laptoping.com)
    Via (Engadget.com)

     
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  2. Citizen86

    Citizen86 Notebook User Guy

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    If the 8-cell can go for 10 hours, then the 4-cell stock should be able to do around 4-5 hours?

    Being that small and $800, would be a heckuva deal... you wonder how Sony and those other brands got away with selling ultraportables for so long at ridiculous prices :p
     
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    Red_Dragon Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    i wish they would have gone with the athlon Neo and the built in ATI card :(

    Thats fine this is a great notebook and another homerun for MSI :D
     
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    Think the Nvidia Ion platform uses the Atom N270 and this will probably be using the upgraded Poulsbo chipset that's getting it's max RAM jacked up to 2GB.
     
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