MSI Megabook S262

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Reviews for the MSI Megabook S262

A cool little black notebook
Source: Star Techcentral Archive.org version
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.
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Preis/Leistung gut, Display gut, Verarbeitung sehr gut
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 09/05/2006
Rating: price: 85% display: 85% workmanship: 95%

Foreign Reviews

90% Kleiner Schönling für die Frau
Source: Notebookjournal DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/31/2007
Rating: Total score: 90% performance: 100% features: 50% display: 50% mobility: 40% workmanship: 70% ergonomy: 70%

94% Fliegengewicht
Source: TV Movie Multimedia DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 04/20/2007
Rating: Total score: 94% price: 85%

75% Kompakt-Notebooks
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Comparison, online available, Very Short, Date: 11/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 75% price: 95% performance: 59% features: 84% display: 93% mobility: 72% ergonomy: 71%

Dornröschens Notebook
Source: Digital Living DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/15/2006

81% MSI Megabook S262
Source: Chip.de DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/04/2006
Rating: Total score: 81% price: 85% performance: 90% features: 87% mobility: 67% workmanship: 50% ergonomy: 71%

85% Bitte zum Mitnehmen: Leichte Notebooks für unterwegs
Source: PC Welt DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 85% price: 83% performance: 85% features: 85% display: 85%

84% MSI Megabook S262
Source: PC Games Hardware DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 07/01/2006
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 65% workmanship: 50%

68% Mobile Kraft mit Doppelkern
Source: PC Go DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/29/2006
Rating: Total score: 68% mobility: 85%

Vielfalt unterwegs - 2 Notebooks der 2-Kilo-Klasse mit unterschiedlichem Display-Format
Source: c't DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 05/29/2006
Rating: performance: 85% display: 80% ergonomy: 75%

83% Testbericht MSI Megabook S262
Source: Notebookcheck DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, , Length Unknown, Date: 05/17/2006
Rating: Total score: 83% performance: 70% display: 82% mobility: 78% workmanship: 89% ergonomy: 87% emissions: 78%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

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 Duo: Double Core processor with a very good relation of performance to current consumption. The 2 MB L2 Cache are used together by the double. The maximum capacity of 31 watts is only 4 watts more than with the Pentium M (predecessor). Both cores are lowered automatically and independently of each other by speed steps down to 1 GHz. In addition it now supports also SSE3 instructions. At least it is just as fast as a equivalent Pentium M. With applications, which were designed for multi-processors, the performance can be nearly twice as fast as with the Pentium M (e.g. CineBench around 86% fast)

T2400: » 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.

82.5%: This rating is slightly above average, there are somewhat more devices with worse ratings. However, clear purchase recommendations look different.

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