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MSI Megabook L735

Notebook Specifications

MSI Megabook L735Notebook: MSI Megabook L735
Processor: AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-52
Graphics Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 256 MB
Display: 17.1 inch, 16:10, 1680x1050 pixels
Weight: 3.1kg
Links: MSI homepage
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price: - %, performance: 80%, features: 70%, display: 70%
mobility: 50%, workmanship: 80%, ergonomy: 70%, emissions: - %

Reviews for the MSI Megabook L735

Gaming Notebook Roundup
Source: Inside HW English
MSI MegaBook L735 and L745 are, when looked from the outside, almost identical. The only difference is a slightly different brim colour. Much bigger differences are found inside. The L735 contains in itself an AMD platform, while the L745 is a representative of the Intel “camp”.
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Verarbeitung gut, Mobilität mangelhaft
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/13/2007
Rating: mobility: 50% workmanship: 80%

Foreign Reviews

MSI Megabook L735
Source: c't German
online available, Short, Date: 02/20/2007
Rating: performance: 80% features: 70% display: 70% ergonomy: 70%

Comment

NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600: The NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 is a middle class video card of the 7000 series and suited for games of the year 2006. The performance is very similar to ATI X1600 / X1700. Compared to the desktop 7600 it is clearly slower.

Lower end of Graphics Cards for users who want to play games. New games should run on these cards, but only with decreased details and mediocre resolution.


>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

AMD Turion 64 X2: AMD Turion 64 X2 is intended to be positioned against the Intel Core Duo was presented in 17. May 2006. The current consumption is not higher than with Centrino-Duo-notebooks (TL-45 with ATI Xpress and Mobility Radeon X300). This means, that approximative the same battery runtime and fan functions can be expected (with this chipset). However, the performance was 20% below the T2300 (1.66 GHz) due to the lower L2 Cache (Core Duo has 2048 Kbyte shared L2 Cache). Nevertheless, the performance is sufficient.

TL-52:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

17.1": Nowadays, meanwhile the 17 inch display size is a more frequently offered standard format for desktop-replacements. 17 inch laptops are built only in 16:10 format.
The DTR-Laptops can't be carried easily, need much current, but on the other side texts can be read easily and high resolutions are no problem. DTR mainly are intended for stationary usage on desks, where the weight and the energy need are unimportant.

>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3.1 kg: This weight is average for notebooks. Therefore the numerous mass of laptops with 15 inch display fits in this class of weight.

MSI: MSI is known as a notebook manufacturer MSI since 2005 and sells its mobile computers worldwide, but with modest market shares. Nevertheless considerable amounts of reviews are available for MSI-notebooks. Up to now, the price-value ratings resulted well and led to top ratings in this category.

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Author: Stefan Hinum, 2007-04- 2 (Update: 2008-10-28)