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MSI Megabook PR400

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MSI Megabook PR400
MSI Megabook PR400
Display
14.10 inch 16:10, 1280 x 800 pixel, glossy: yes
Weight
2.3 kg ( = 81.13 oz / 5.07 pounds), Power Supply: 0 g ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)
Price
900 Euro

 

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Average Score: 77.5% - good
Average of 2 scores (from 4 reviews)
price: 70%, performance: 71%, features: 69%, display: 50% mobility: 85%, workmanship: 55%, ergonomy: 71%, emissions: - %

Reviews for the MSI Megabook PR400

75% Test: Notebooks mit 14.1-Zoll-Displays
Source: Com! - 8/08 German
Comparison, , Medium, Date: 07/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 70% performance: 52% features: 76% mobility: 100% ergonomy: 72%
MSI Megabook PR400
Source: PC Magazin - 5/08 German
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/04/2008
Rating: performance: 80% workmanship: 50%
14.1 Zoll fürs Büro
Source: WCM - 3/08 German
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 03/01/2008
Rating: performance: 80% features: 80%
80% MSI GX610-TK5526VHP
Source: Notebookjournal German DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 02/19/2008
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 70% performance: 70% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 60% ergonomy: 70%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on a Mobile Intel 965GM chipset. It is the successor of GMA 950 and features a fully programmable pipeline (supports Aero Glass fully and DirectX 10 with newest drivers). The peformance of the X3100 is clearly better than the GMA 950, still demanding modern games won't run fluently.

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» 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.


T7250: Mid-range (at the time of annoucement) dual core processor based on the Merom core. » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.


14.10":

14 inch display size represents a middle ground between the small subnotebook formats and the screens of the standard 15 inch laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, provides good resolutions with usable detail sizes, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact. 

In the past, 14-inch devices were very rare, but now they are the standard for laptops after the 15-inchers. 

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


MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI) was founded in 1986 in Taiwan. MSI is especially known as a manufacturer of motherboards and graphics cards for PCs, but also offers computer accessories, complete systems, motherboards, graphics cards, laptops, desktop PCs, monitors and other components. However, the Microstar brand name in Germany belongs to the Medion company. MSI is known for its gaming products and has developed a wide range of gaming laptops and desktop PCs. The company is also active in workstations, servers and industrial automation. MSI has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.


77.5%: This rating is not earth-shattering. This rating must actually be seen as average, since there are about as many devices with worse ratings as better ones. A purchase recommendation can only be seen with a lot of goodwill, unless it is about websites that generally rate strictly.


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

 

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MSI Megabook PR400
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Stefan Hinum, 2008-03-22 (Update: 2012-05-26)