In the arena of notebooks, Apple is an indisputable trend setter. Case in point, the thirteen-inch Averatec N3400 that we currently reviewed had an aluminum outer shell, while the Acer Timeline 4810T used island-style keys like the ones discovered on MacBooks. Not relatively, however, those two laptops are significantly much less steeply-priced than some thing on Apple's product line.

Today we will be taking a take a look at the X-Slim X340, a very narrow pocket book from MSI it is been classified via many as the price range opportunity to the MacBook Air. Currently selling for $six hundred, MSI hopes to entice capacity customers with its svelte layout and prolonged battery lifestyles.

The MSI X340 weighs in at most effective three.2 pounds with the covered eight-cell battery and is powered by Intel's Core 2 Solo SU3500 CULV processor working at 1.4GHz. It comes prepared with 2GB of DDR2 -- its maximum supported ability -- a 320GB SATA hard drive, 13.four" LCD display sporting a 1366 x 768 decision, Intel GMA 4500MHD integrated images, and 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity.

These specs are extremely reminiscent of those determined on the 14" Timeline 4810T we reviewed earlier at the month, besides for the plain distinction in screen size and the X340's larger battery. It could be thrilling to see if the X-Slim can fit or possibly even top the top notch 6+ hours of battery lifestyles on Acer's notebook.

As you may be aware, MSI has been presenting the X-Slim X340 for the reason that May. Dating lower back to its launch, the X340 used to promote for as lots as $900, which didn't exactly make it a price range contender. Today the same version is sold for considerably less at $600, bringing an thrilling buying proposition for this vacation season.