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MSI kindly sent us both colour versions of the laptop, and they arrived in plain grey boxes, which are very ‘corporate' in design and rather appealing.
Each box has a handy little carrying case which is ‘soft' but offers adequate protection if the item is being moved around in your possession.
The box also contains a manual, warranty information and a CD with tools and drivers. This machine doesn't have an optical drive installed, but you can connect an external unit via USB.
Above on the left is the ‘Jet Black' Edition and above right is the ‘Fancy Gold' version. We personally prefer the gold version as it really does look rather expensive in the flesh.
The Fancy gold version opened up from a side angle. It is quite beautiful we are sure you will agree and very surprising considering the relatively low asking price around £330.
The machine has down firing speaking incorporated and there are three USB 2.0 ports in total, one beside the VGA output and the other two on the other side, beside a RJ 45 LAN port and a speaker/headphone and microphone jack. There is also a card slot and Wireless N/Bluetooth connectivity.
Both units close up – same specifications however we noticed the gold netbook only had one sticker on the right, not four as on the black version.
Ohhhh, that gold one is quite attractive for a netbook isnt it ? even the keyboard looks well.
Very purty indeed. I prefer the black one though, gold one screams too much ‘bling’ for my liking.
I was looking at one of these last month, never got around to it. only thing that puts me off is the ATOM CPU which is painful. as ive used one with my friends machine.
Nice machine for the price, at least they put some effort into the design, most of these machines are just churned out to the lowest price point with no attention at all.
Good review, at least the battery life rocks, over 10 hours is wicked for business use. would only need to recharge every evening in a hotel room.
Good review, I like the gold version, ive only seen the black one in stores however, maybe you need to order online for the gold version.
These are ideal machines for a lot of travelling as they dont weight much or take up a lot of space.
Really tempted to order the gold version after reading this.
I owned a few atom laptops before and I have had a hard time adapting to the speed. they are fine for email and checking the net, but I need a bit more power than this, even on the move. still, these are well designed from MSI, very good looking.
I think this range has sold well for MSI and rightly so, its a much better looking design than most of them out there today.