MSI Megabook EX600

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Reviews for the MSI Megabook EX600

Burgunderrot?
Source: WCM - 1/08
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 12/31/2007
Rating: price: 70% performance: 40% workmanship: 80%

MSI EX600: Allrounder mit Pfiff
Source: e-media - 21/07
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 11/16/2007
Rating: performance: 60% display: 50% workmanship: 60%

50% Test: MSI Megabook EX600
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/09/2007
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 50% performance: 54% features: 80% mobility: 22% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 29%

86% Farbenfroh
Source: Computerbild - 22/07
Single Review, , Medium, Date: 10/15/2007
Rating: Total score: 86% price: 80% performance: 88% features: 79% display: 87% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 79% emissions: 89%

70% MSI EX600YA 5226VHP Deep Blue - Allrounder in tiefem Blau
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/08/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 80% performance: 20% features: 50% display: 30% mobility: 50% workmanship: 90% ergonomy: 70%

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ATI Radeon Xpress X1270: Built in RS690T chipset and is based on an X700 graphics core (with less pipelines). It features no dedicated graphics memory but Vista Aero support.

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.

T5250: » Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

15.40":

15-inch display variants are the standard and are used for more than half of all laptops.

The reason for the popularity of mid-sized displays is that this size is reasonably easy on the eyes, often allows high resolutions and thus offers rich details on the screen, yet does not consume too much power and the devices can still be reasonably compact - simply the standard compromise.

2.6 kg:

With this weight, a laptop is rather heavier than average. Devices in this range shine more with screen size and performance than with mobility.

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.

68.67%: This rating is poor. More than three quarters of the models are rated better. That is rather not a purchase recommendation. Even if verbal ratings in this area do not sound that bad ("sufficient" or "satisfactory"), they are usually euphemisms that disguise a classification as a below-average laptop.

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

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