MSI Megabook PR200

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Reviews for the MSI Megabook PR200

MSI MegaBook PR200X
Source: Inside HW Archive.org version
Emerge of Intel’s Centrino platform marked the beginning of huge breakthrough of portable computers. Mainly owing to Centrino, developed countries record almost equal number of sold desktop and portable computers. Of course, not everything went well. Enormous funds were invested in marketing which, for starters had to eliminate prejudice regarding direct connection of processor operating speed and its performances, pursuant insist of Intel up to this point. With its advance architecture, Pentium M managed to compensate difference in Megahertz comparing to popular Pentium 4. Main advantage brought by Pentium M was reduced consumption, owing to which notebooks become thinner and slighter (less heat dissipation – smaller and lighter cooling system, with significantly improved autonomy). It turned out to be a right move and Intel took leadership position on the market of portable computers.
Preis/Leistung mäßig
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 10/10/2007
Rating: price: 60%

4 Hot Multimedia Notebooks Reviewed
Source: Tom's Guide Archive.org version
In terms of portability, value and usability, the MSI PR200 is more impressive than its benchmark results probably suggest. After a month of working with the machine - during which time we even took it on the road - we even got a little bit attached to it. Students or younger professionals who have to temper their hardware lust with budgetary limits will find a lot to like about this machine, whose overall performance is more than adequate for most workaday tasks, and completely acceptable for viewing conventional DVDs.
Preis/Leistung gut, Leistung gut, Mobilität gut, Ergonomie gut
Comparison, online available, Very Long, Date: 10/08/2007
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% mobility: 80% ergonomy: 80%

80% MSI PR200 Notebook (Intel Santa Rosa)
Source: Hardware Zone Archive.org version
In the end, the MSI PR200 is more of a workhorse notebook. It has some nice touches for the business user but if you're looking for glamour and refinement, this doesn't match up to some of the bigger brands yet. Add to that the expected competitive pricing (our reviewed configuration would retail at about S$2109), and it should find a home among users who aren't too demanding. For an even lower price point of this 12-inch widescreen business notebook, MSI also has the PR210 model that's based on the AMD Turion 64 X2 processor and the AMD M690T chipset that has an integrated Radeon X1270 graphics engine. Identical to the PR200 in every other manner, such a configuration could easily save a couple of hundred dollars or more depending on the final configuration if you don't mind the AMD platform.
4 von 5, Preis/Leistung gut
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/25/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% price: 80%

Foreign Reviews

Vier edle Subnotebooks im Test
Source: Netzwelt DE→EN Archive.org version
User Review, online available, Medium, Date: 07/24/2008
Rating: mobility: 50%

MSI Megabook PR200: Klein, aber oho
Source: Tom's Hardware - 7/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/01/2008
Rating: price: 80% performance: 70% mobility: 50%

69% EEEiner gegen alle
Source: Chip.de - 6/08
Comparison, , Long, Date: 06/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 69% price: 80% performance: 93% features: 73% display: 68% mobility: 55% ergonomy: 75%

93% Büro to go
Source: TV Movie Multimedia - 3/08
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 02/01/2008
Rating: Total score: 93% price: 90% mobility: 80%

Altbekannter Neuling
Source: Notebook / Organizer / Handy - 1-2/08
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/12/2007
Rating: performance: 80% ergonomy: 50%

78% MSI PR200-7325
Source: PC Go DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 12/07/2007
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 80% mobility: 60% workmanship: 80%

70% Notebook oder PC? - Notebooks bis 1.299 Euro
Source: PC Praxis - 1/08
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/07/2007
Rating: Total score: 70% price: 70% mobility: 95%

90% MSI PR200 - Office-Riese im Subnotebook-Pelz
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/12/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 80% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 70% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

MSI PR200. Diseño, movilidad y precio en equilibrio perfecto
Source: Hispazone ES→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 01/31/2008
Rating: price: 80% features: 80% workmanship: 80%

77% MSI PR200
Source: PCM NL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/09/2007
Rating: Total score: 77% price: 80% performance: 77% mobility: 82% workmanship: 75% ergonomy: 60%

80% MSI means Business - MSI Mega Book PR200 test
Source: Hardware.info NL→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 08/28/2007
Rating: Total score: 80% performance: 80% features: 80%

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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.

T7100: Entry level to 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.

12.10":

This range of display format is largely the upper limit for tablets and the lower limit for subnotebooks.

The advantage of subnotebooks is that the entire laptop can be small in size and therefore easily portable. The tiny display has the added advantage of requiring little power, which further improves battery life and thus mobility. The disadvantage is that reading texts is exhausting for the eyes. High resolutions, which one is used to from a standard laptop, are almost not usable.

The same applies to tablets in this size range.

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.

79.63%: 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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