MSI Megabook PR211
Notebook Specifications
Notebook: MSI Megabook PR211Processor: AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-80
Graphics Adapter: ATI Radeon HD 3200
Display: 12.1 inch, 16:10, 1280x800 pixels
Weight: 2.1kg
Price: 700 euro
Links: MSI homepage MSI notebook section Megabook PR211 (Model)
Average Score: 81.67% - good
Average of 3 scores (from 6 reviews)
mobility: 71%, workmanship: 86%, ergonomy: 71%, emissions: 67%
Reviews for the MSI Megabook PR211
Foreign Reviews
MSI PR211 im Test: Das etwas andere Subnotebook
Source: Netzwelt 
online available, Medium, Date: 12/16/2008
Rating: price: 40% performance: 60% features: 40% mobility: 40% emissions: 40%
83% MSI Megabook PR211 Subnotebook
Source: Minitechnet
online available, Medium, Date: 10/24/2008
Rating: Total score: 83% price: 80% performance: 60% features: 80% display: 60% mobility: 80% workmanship: 100% ergonomy: 60%
82% Test MSI Megabook PR211 Notebook
Source: Notebookcheck
online available, Long, Date: 09/25/2008
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 71% display: 74% mobility: 85% workmanship: 88% ergonomy: 82% emissions: 80%
Raubkätzchen
Source: c't - 17/08
, Long, Date: 08/15/2008
Rating: performance: 70% features: 80% display: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 70% emissions: 80%
80% MSI PR211
Source: Notebookjournal
online available, Long, Date: 08/05/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 40% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 60% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%
MSI PR211
Source: PC World Italia 
online available, Short, Date: 10/13/2008
Rating: price: 90% mobility: 80%
Comment
ATI Radeon HD 3200: Onboard (shared Memory) graphics chip (on RS780M chipset) based on the HD 2400 graphics core. It also features the UVD video engine to decode HD videos.Furthermore, it supports Hybrid CrossfireX (for accelleration) and PowerXpress(to save current) with a dedicated graphics adapter (of the HD 3000 line).
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 X2 Ultra: The AMD Turion X2 Ultra is part of the Puma platform and a mixture of the old K9 core (form the Turion 64 X2) and some parts of the K10 architecture (memorycontroller, hypertransport, crossbar switch from the Phenom). Because of the increased L2 cache ("Ultra" CPUs) and the improved memory controller, the performance increased a bit. Still a similar clocked Core 2 Duo is noticably faster.
ZM-80:
>> Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.
12.1": This is the most common display format for subnotebooks and an average size for subnotebooks.
The advantage is, that the subnotebook can be small dimensioned and can be carried easily. Further the tiny display has the advantage, that it needs less power, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that reading of texts is very exhausting vor the eyes. High resolutions can hardly be used.
>> To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.
2.1 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 13 inch displays are normal for 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.
81.67%: This rating is to be considered as average, because the amount of notebooks with better ratings is about equal like the amount with worse ratings.
>> Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.
