MSI Megabook X340 Expert Reviews

alaTest has collected and analyzed 82 reviews from magazines and websites. Reviewers really like the battery. The sound also impresses, but many are less positive about the keyboard.

Battery, Sound, Screen, Finish

Keyboard

Experts rate this product 70/100 and users 78/100. We analyzed these ratings, the product age and more factors. Compared to other Laptops, the MSI Megabook X340 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 94/100 = Excellent quality.

The MSI X340 (021US), which debuted at CES 2009 as the X320, is nearly an identical twin to the Apple MacBook Air (Nvidia 9400M GT). Other than colorour review unit was black, and there's also a silver versionit's hard to tell them apart at first ...

Razor thin. Incredibly light for a 13-inch laptop. Plenty of ports, including HDMI and three USBs. Generous hard drive capacity. Very inexpensive

A bending keyboard. Noisy mouse buttons. Single-core processor is behind the times. 2GB of memory seems meager nowadays

For the MSI X340 you spend about half as much as you would on the MacBook Air, but you get only half as much in design and craftsmanship.

Incredibly slim, attractive design, Snappier performance than netbooks, More than 3 hours of battery life

Flexing keyboard, Weak graphics performance

The 1.3-megapixel webcam above the display provided clear images in a video call. The other caller could make out our new hair cut and hear our voice clearly with the built-in microphone located to the left of the cam.

Laptop magazine has taken the time to review the MSI X340 and has basically documented what we were expecting to see. You can read the full review here (video), but the bottom-line is that the MSI X340 is a great-looking laptop that has a Macbook Air ...

AMD can't catch a break. First to market with a tweener processor (more powerful than a netbook, but cheaper than the usual fare found in ultraportables), its Athlon Neo CPU is now under fire from Intel's new Ultra Low Voltage chip, and one of the ...

What matters in the end, though, is the value. For those who want a larger screen, maybe to watch a couple movies, and also to get some light typing done, this is a more powerful machine than a conventional netbook and will do you just fine. If you've ...

It's not quite a netbook, not quite an ultralight PC. Whatever it is, Samsung's NC20 is a dazzling feat of engineering: an extremely usable 12-inch laptop with epic battery life, impressive specs and a downright mystifyingly affordable price tag.

Everything a netbook should be: Offers the best performance available from a computer this portable and inexpensive. Very usable keyboard. Good quality audio. Includes three USB ports, 1.3-megapixel webcam, and SD card slot

LCD could be a touch brighter and quality sharper. Chassis design is a bit boring

If you think the MacBook Air is too expensive and netbooks are too small, the 13-inch, super-light, super-thin X340 will be worth investigating. The keyboard and battery life aren't overly impressive, but itÂ's got good connectivity and its looks will ...

Appealing styling ; highly portable

Rubbish keyboard ; poor battery life

The MSI X340 will earn you plenty of admiring glances, but you'll be giving it away once you've endured the rubbish battery life, poor keyboard and relatively unimpressive performance

Can MSI challenge the MacBook Air?

Extremely thin laptop, HDMI port

Very "flexible" keyboard, below average battery life

Slimmer than the MacBook Air, perhaps faster than the MacBook Air and close to half the price of the MacBook Air. But it's really more of a cross between a netbook and a notebook

Addressing just about every complaint you could make against it.