MSI Megabook EX600
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI Megabook EX600 (Megabook E Series)Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo T5250
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
Display: 15.4 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels, glossy: yes
Weight: 2.6kg
Average of 3 scores (from 5 reviews)
Reviews for the MSI Megabook EX600
Foreign Reviews
Source: WCM - 1/08
DE→EN, Medium, Date: 12/31/2007
Rating: price: 70% performance: 40% workmanship: 80%
Source: e-media - 21/07
DE→EN, Medium, Date: 11/16/2007
Rating: performance: 60% display: 50% workmanship: 60%
Source: PC Welt
DE→ENonline available, Medium, Date: 11/09/2007
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 50% performance: 54% features: 80% mobility: 22% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 29%
Source: Computerbild - 22/07
DE→EN, Medium, Date: 10/15/2007
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 80% performance: 88% features: 79% display: 87% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 79% emissions: 89%
Source: Notebookjournal
DE→ENonline available, Long, Date: 10/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 20% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%
Comment
ATI Radeon Xpress X1270: Built in RS690T chipset and is based on an X700 graphics core (with less pipelines). It features no dedicated graphics memory but Vista Aero support.
Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.
Intel Core 2 Duo: This is the Core Duo and Core Solo successor with a longer pipeline and 5-20% more speed without more power consumption. As an addition to the Core Duo design there exists a fourth decoder, an amplified SSE-unit and an additional arithmetical logical unit (ALU).
The Core 2 Duo for laptops is identical to the desktop Core 2 Duo processors but the notebook-processors work with lower voltages (0.95 to 1188 Volt) and a lower Frontside bus clock (1066 vs 667 MHz). The performance of equally clocked notebooks is 20-25% lower than Desktop PCs because of the lower Frontside bus clock and the slower hard disks.
T5250:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
15.4": 15 inch display-variants are the standard and are used for more than the half of all notebooks. 15.4 inch display with 16:10 are the standard for notebook displays. Nowadays, more and more 16:9 displays with 15.6 inch appear. The reason why so many people like displays with medium size is, that this size is not exhausting for the eyes, does not need too much energy and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.6 kg: This notebook is lighter than the average of all notebooks. It is too heavy for sub-notebooks. 14 inch displays are normal for this class of weight.
MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI), is a Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer since 1986 best known for desktop computer motherboards. MSI also designs and manufactures graphics cards, barebone PCs, notebook computers, networking products, servers, multimedia, consumer electronics, and storage devices. MSI, as most Taiwanese computer manufacturers, sells products on OEM/ODM basis. It also sells products worldwide based on its own brand name "MSI". The market share of laptops with the MSI brand is rather low.
68.67%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
