MSI Megabook M662

Notebook specifications

Notebook: MSI Megabook M662
Processor: Intel Core Duo T5500 (1660 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 15.4 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 3 kg
Average score: 78.4% - good
Average of 5 scores (from 6 reviews)

Reviews in English

60%A Vista-capable notebook with Centrino Duo technology
Source: vnunet.com
MSI’s Megabook M662 is one of a few notebooks in this test to benefit from Intel’s Centrino Duo technology. At 1.67GHz, the T2300 processor doesn’t have the fastest clock speed, but with 1GB of Ram to support the processor, the MSI managed to achieve benchmark results similar to systems with faster processors. Scoring 185 in Sysmark and 2,782 in PCmark means that Windows and most software gallops along. Deploy some hardcore tasks such as video encoding and rendering, and the MSI will slow down to a canter.
Date: 10/23/2006
Rating: Total score: 60% price: 60% features: 60% ergonomy: 60%

Reviews in German

84%The big variety
Source: TV Movie Multimedia 6/07
Date: 05/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 70%

MSI Megabook M662
Source: Digital Lifestyle 1-2/07
Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: performance: 80%

84%MSI Megabook M662
Source: PC Praxis 1/07
Date: 01/05/2007
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 80%

75%Das MSI Megabook M662 verspricht einen günstigen Einstieg in die Core-2-Duo-Technik. Das stimmt auch – doch trotzdem kann das Notebook nicht überzeugen.
Source: PC Welt
Date: 11/24/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 78% performance: 74% features: 74% ergonomy: 87%

89%double core power plants
Source: SFT 12/06
Date: 11/15/2006
Rating: Total score: 89%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an onboard integrated video chip and can be called a faster clocked GMA 900 (on Mobile Intel 945GM Express chipset, which is available only starting with Core Duo/Solo). 2006 it is the most often used graphics solution and is classified in the weakest third of mobile graphics solutions. So it can only be used for elder games. For office applications and surfing it is without any doubt sufficient.
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Core Duo: Intel Core Duo (successor of Pentium M), is a double core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used common. The maximum current consumption of 31 Watts is only 4 W more then with Pentium M. Due to the low energy need is Core Duo also suited for subnotebooks. Further now it supports SSE3 orders. The performance can nearly be doubled for applications, which were designed for multiprocessors (compared with Pentium M).

T5500:
>> 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.
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 current and the laptops can be kept quite compact.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

3 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.

>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.