MSI Megabook S271

Notebook Specifications

Reviews for the MSI Megabook S271

90% S S271 64x2 - Seeing Double
Source: The Tech Zone
The MSI S271 is a very good looking notebook. The shape reminds us a lot of the Apple Powerbook and we're sure that was the look MSI was going for. If you don't like the business like black, the S271 can be ordered up in a range of difference colors. The S271 is made with a durable yet trendy aluminum and magnesium alloy, and is equipped with a Super Glare Type 12″ WXGA LCD, an ATI UMA embedded graphics display interface, and digital surround sound. Battery life depends greatly on what you're using the S271 for and whether you have wireless on or off. The S271 Dual CoreCell ASCI can dynamically over- and down-clock the CPU and GPU to enhance or conserve power and lead to longer battery life.
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9 von 10, Display gut, Leistung gut, Mobilität mäßig
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/28/2006
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 80% display: 80% mobility: 60%

67% MSI Megabook S271
Source: PC Pro
This is the first time we've seen an MSI-branded laptop, but it's clear that the Taiwanese manufacturer has ambitions to make a big impact in the UK market: the Megabook S271 is making an aggressive pitch for the mid-range market. The initial surprise with the Megabook is its pricing - it's a truly tiny laptop, it weighs a shoulder-friendly 2.1kg, yet it costs less than £700. The screen is a 12.1in panel with a resolution of 1,280 x 800. That's a notable improvement compared to ultraportables with a 1,024 x 768 resolution, although inevitably the pixels themselves are smaller. Nevertheless, we found the Megabook eminently suitable for working on the go. Great value for an ultraportable, although build quality is uninspiring;
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4 von 6, Preis überraschend gut, Verarbeitung mäßig
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 08/21/2006
Rating: Total score: 67% price: 90% workmanship: 90%

Foreign Reviews

Große Leistung, kleine Schwächen
Source: Guter Rat!
online available, Very Short, Date: 02/20/2007
Rating: display: 80%

75% Kompakt-Notebooks
Source: Chip.de
online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 100% performance: 59% features: 85% display: 84% mobility: 66% ergonomy: 66%

MSI Megabook S271
Source: c't
online available, Very Short, Date: 10/01/2006
Rating: price: 85% performance: 75% features: 85% display: 75% ergonomy: 85%

78% Weiß, leicht und doppelt kernig: Das MSI Megabook S271 will mit AMDs Turion 64 X2 die Centrino-Herrschaft bei ultra-mobilen Notebooks brechen.
Source: PC Welt
online available, Short, Date: 07/27/2006
Rating: Total score: 78% price: 79% performance: 88% features: 95% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 81%

72% MSI Megabook S271
Source: Connect
online available, Short, Date: 07/20/2006
Rating: Total score: 72% performance: 79% features: 62% ergonomy: 89%

Megabook S271W
Source: PC Praxis
, Length Unknown, Date: 07/16/2006
Rating: price: 80% performance: 85% features: 85%

82% MSI-Notebook mit AMDs 64-Bit-Doppelprozessor
Source: PC Professionell
online available, Short, Date: 06/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 82% performance: 87% features: 90% ergonomy: 91%

Comment

ATI Radeon Xpress 1150: Faster clocked Xpress 1100 onboard graphics card with x300 core. Should run Vista Aero Glass fluently.

Only older games can be played fluently with these graphics chips (if they were not too demanding). Shared memory graphic cores in this category got the advantage of less heat production and longer battery runtimes. For office, internet, image processing, and video editing tasks these graphics chips are still useable without any restrictions.

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-50:
>> 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.

1.9 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.

MSI reviews

77.33%: This rating is not convincing. It must be considered, that there exist hardly any laptops, which receive a rating below 60%. This notebook is evaluated below average, this is not really a recommendation for purchase.

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