5 laptops by MSI for the school season

MSI's new laptops have 16 to 17 inch widescreen displays, which have a high resolution, starting at $ 549.

MSI's C series models have good prices. Photo: Cnet .

Continuing the momentum of introducing low-cost laptops in 2009, MSI today released a 16-inch and 17-inch screen computer for the back-to-school season, these products are in the Classic C-series and have a starting price. from 549 USD.

One of the new features is that the 17.3-inch models all have resolutions up to 1,600 x 900 pixels, while the other economical versions on the market are currently only 1,366 x 768 pixels. In addition, the 16-inch model, CR600-017 also has a Blu-ray / DVD writer, which allows watching HD-format movies, priced at $ 649.

MSI's new laptops all use ATI or Nvidia graphics cards, with the CX600 and CX700 using ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 with 512 MB RAM, CR600 and CR700 with Nvidia GeForce 8200M graphics cards.

MSI's school laptop runs on Pentium Dual Core T4200 and T4300 processors, which are not high enough to lower costs, but users can choose higher configuration models.

Configure 5 new MSI laptops

- CR600-013US (549 USD) : 16 inch screen, 2.0 GHz T4200, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8200M G, DVD writer drive

- CX600-049US (649 USD) : 16 inch screen, 2.0 GHz T4200, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, DVD writer drive

- CR600-017US (649 USD) : 16 inch screen, 2.1 GHz T4200, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8200M G, Blu-ray drive

- CR700-012US (649 USD) : 17.3 inch screen, 2.0 GHz T4200, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8200M G, DVD writer drive

- CX700-020US (799 USD) : 17.3 inch screen, 2.0 GHz T4200, 4 GB RAM, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, DVD writer drive.