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MSI X-Slim X340 Notebook Review
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In the world of notebooks, Apple is an indisputable trend setter. Case in point, the 13-inch Averatec N3400 that we recently reviewed had an aluminum outer shell, while the Acer Timeline 4810T used island-style keys like those found on MacBooks. Not surprisingly, however, those two laptops are considerably less expensive than anything on Apple's product line.
Today we'll be taking a look at the X-Slim X340, a very slim notebook from MSI that's been labeled by many as the budget alternative to the MacBook Air. Currently selling for $600, MSI hopes to lure potential buyers with its svelte design and extended battery life.
The MSI X340 weighs in at only 3.2 pounds with the included 8-cell battery and is powered by Intel's Core 2 Solo SU3500 CULV processor operating at 1.4GHz. It comes equipped with 2GB of DDR2 -- its maximum supported capacity -- a 320GB SATA hard drive, 13.4" LCD display sporting a 1366 x 768 resolution, Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, and 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity.
Read the complete review.
Today we'll be taking a look at the X-Slim X340, a very slim notebook from MSI that's been labeled by many as the budget alternative to the MacBook Air. Currently selling for $600, MSI hopes to lure potential buyers with its svelte design and extended battery life.
The MSI X340 weighs in at only 3.2 pounds with the included 8-cell battery and is powered by Intel's Core 2 Solo SU3500 CULV processor operating at 1.4GHz. It comes equipped with 2GB of DDR2 -- its maximum supported capacity -- a 320GB SATA hard drive, 13.4" LCD display sporting a 1366 x 768 resolution, Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics, and 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity.
Read the complete review.
User Comments (35)
Post a comment| timljh on November 25, 2009 5:42 AM | With that performance and the price tag. i will rather getting myself a netbook instead. |
| harby on November 25, 2009 5:52 AM | timljh said: CULVs are not supposed to compete with
netbooks but with ultra portable laptops. Plus, I won't get
a nebtbook till they come with more than 1GB of RAM (thank
Intel for that, gogo ION).
With that performance and the price tag. i will rather getting myself a netbook instead. |
| yorro on November 25, 2009 5:54 AM | Mushy keyboard is more than enough for me to ignore it. |
| ET3D on November 25, 2009 6:05 AM | Nice to see more lightweight notebooks at a low price point. It's good that the netbook vs. notebook boundary is blurring. |
| ET3D on November 25, 2009 6:09 AM | BTW, regarding the Acer comparison, that notebook is 1lb heavier. |
| Timonius on November 25, 2009 7:28 AM | I'm concerned about the Core 2 solo. Will it actually perform well? |
| kimboy on November 25, 2009 7:50 AM | $600 foa a notebook seems quite fair a price to me, considering that what I do is best done with a desktop PC== mouse-dependent activities like photo-editing and movies. The "solo" part, however is a turn off. |
| kimboy on November 25, 2009 7:51 AM | $600 for a notebook seems quite fair a price to me, considering that what I do is best done with a desktop PC== mouse-dependent activities like photo-editing and movies. The "solo" part, however is a turn off. |
| z00lander on November 25, 2009 8:02 AM | Since I don't carry my laptop around a lot, I fail to see the fascination with lightweight, small and underpowered computers. |
| phantasm66 on November 25, 2009 8:12 AM | According to review
here [link] the build quality is a joke. Looks like something that would break when you fart near it. Ok, my Dell Vostro is a brick and weighs a ton but its gonna probably live forever. |
| red1776 on November 25, 2009 8:23 AM | the build quality is a joke. Looks like something
that would break when you fart near it. Good god!
don't fart near it, mac will void your warranty as a
bio-hazard.[link] couldn't resist. 
|
| irvin09 on November 25, 2009 8:42 AM | Wow! This laptop is a beauty. A couple of years ago, I only heard of Apple Mac as the only company that manufactures slim laptops but now there is MSI X-Slim X340 Notebook that can compete with Apple computers. We're really living in a fast changing world. |
| jazboy on November 25, 2009 8:47 AM | Its performance is not very good compare too Netbook taking consideration of price. I will buy Netbook rather than this. Its just my opinion about this notebook. |
| Docnoq on November 25, 2009 8:57 AM | red1776 said: Hahaha, that article cracked me up. Apple is just
so.. I don't even know what to label them anymore. That is
just ridiculous, though. It just goes to show how silly big
companies can be with their warranty policy. My HP dv6308nr,
which is a little more than 2 years old, just broke a few
weeks ago due to known problems with this specific model
(and similar models), so I called HP about fixing it and
they want to charge me a "discounted" $259 (as opposed to
$400) since my laptop is broken due to a problem with the
design of this model. Ridiculous.the build quality is a joke.
Looks like something that would break when you fart near
it. Good god! don't fart near it, mac will void your
warranty as a
bio-hazard.[link] couldn't resist. |
| sky_could_fall on November 25, 2009 9:18 AM | I don`t like these kind of finish, piano black, or what they call it. You`ll have to use samo cloth all the time. |
| mattfrompa on November 25, 2009 9:19 AM | Core 2 SOLO? Lame...I wish we could get out of the single core era |
| kg363 on November 25, 2009 9:42 AM | As much as I love to see extended batteries, i could never get into these underpowered laptops and netbooks. I guess I'm just a power user but I couldn't settle for anything under 4GB RAM an at least 2.0 GHz dual core. |
| klepto12 on November 25, 2009 10:02 AM | This isnt bad but there are far better performers for the samemoney imo anyways |
| Adhmuz on November 25, 2009 10:06 AM | Well thats very disappointing, it's marketed as a ultra slim with extended battery life. However thats with the 8 cell battery that adds weight and thickness which kinda kills the ultra light and slimness of the notebook. Not that I care really because I don't see the point in buying something that weights 3 pounds and can't do anything other than word processing and browsing the internet, I'll keep my 8 pound Gateway with its 2 hour battery life. |
| BlindObject on November 25, 2009 10:08 AM | Eh, just another slim top among a multitude of tops. |
| DarKSeeD on November 25, 2009 10:29 AM | For office use it would be OK but let's face it's not that light and glossy looks, there's always something to clean... |
| LazyNinja on November 25, 2009 10:50 AM | I can't believe we're getting into the 8 + hour battery
range on laptops these days. If my old Toshiba M100 gets
more than two hours on a charge I'm impressed . .
. I wish I had a slim laptop back when I was in college. I was in a program that required everyone to have their own laptop and it was annoying lugging it and it's power brick around. |
| Serag on November 25, 2009 11:37 AM | LazyNinja you kinda said what I wanted to say  except that I have an Aspire One...but the mushy keyboard and no optical drive would keep me away if I'm to get one slim notebook now |
| Puiu on November 25, 2009 11:46 AM | They just used this notebook to make the acer one look good. All i found out from that review is that it looks a bit better. I wonder if any who reads that review will even think of buying it. |
| paynetrain007 on November 25, 2009 1:14 PM | MSI really? Lets go with Asus!! |
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