MSI Megabook S262

Notebook specifications

Notebook: MSI Megabook S262
Processor: Intel Core Duo T2400 (1830 MHz)
Graphics adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (128 MB)
Display: 12.1 inch 16:10 (1280x800 pixels)
Weight: 2 kg
Average score: 82.5% - good
Average of 8 scores (from 11 reviews)

Reviews in English

A cool little black notebook
Source: Tech Central
This My10s notebook surprised me – it is a very well built, small and good-looking notebook. At the price of RM3,899 the My10s is a noteworthy choice, especially considering that the specifications aren’t bad at all. Other than the hiccup with the keyboard design and pretty short battery life, the notebook performed very well overall. Pros: Nice design; compact; nice screen. Cons: short battery life; non-standard keyboard layout.
Date: 09/05/2006
Rating: price: 85% display: 85% workmanship: 95%

Reviews in German

90%Small Adonis for women
Source: Notebookjournal
Date: 05/31/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 100% features: 50% mobility: 40% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

94%Light-Weight
Source: TV Movie Multimedia 5/07
Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 94% price: 85%

75%Kompakt-Notebooks
Source: Chip 12/06
Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 95% performance: 59% features: 84% mobility: 72% ergonomy: 71%

Cinderellas Notebook
Source: Digital Living 8/06
Date: 07/15/2006

81%MSI Megabook S262
Source: Chip 8/06
Date: 07/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 85% performance: 90% features: 87% mobility: 67% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 71%

84%MSI Megabook S262
Source: PC Games Hardware
Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 65% workmanship: 50%

85%PleaseTake With You: Lightweight Notebooks For Outdoor
Source: PC Welt
Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 83% performance: 85% features: 85%

68%Mobile Power With Dual Core
Source: PC Go
Date: 05/29/2006
Rating: Total score: 68% mobility: 85%

Mobile Variety - 2 Notebooks Of The 2-kg-Class With Different Display-Format
Source: c't
Date: 05/29/2006
Rating: performance: 85% ergonomy: 75%

83%Review MSI Megabook S262
Source: Notebookcheck
Date: 05/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 70% mobility: 78% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 78%

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).

T2400: T2400 is a Core Duo of medium speed and apt for office applications and surfing.
>> 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 few current, which improves the battery runtime and in consequence the mobility. The disadvantage is that the 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 kg: These sub-notebooks weight less than the average of all notebooks, but represent a heavier class of weight among the sub-notebooks. 12 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.

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