MSI's P600, S6000 notebooks now shipping in the US

MSI has announced the US availability of its P600 and S6000 "thin and light" notebooks, which were originally unveiled back in March. The machines are virtually identical, featuring a 15.6-inch 1366x768 display, an Intel Core i5-450M CPU and GMA HD graphics, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB of storage, and an ultra-slim DVD drive. However, the P600 carries an eight-cell battery with a max life of eight hours while the S6000 cuts that in half, lowering the system weight from 5.3lbs to 5.0lbs.


Each also has a multipoint touchpad, a 3-in-1 card reader, HDMI and D-sub output, two USB 2.0 ports with an eSATA combo, Ethernet and 802.11b/g/n network connectivity, a 1.3-megapixel webcam, and they ship with Windows 7 Home Premium x64. The press release seems to have the wrong dimensions (0.14 inches thick), but the previous announcement claims 15.43 x 10.03 x 1.42 inches. Units are currently available online with the P600 priced at $730 and the S6000 at $700.