MSI Turbobook GX600 Specifications

By Rory Reid on 09/05/2008

More MSI reviews , RRP: AU$2299.00

The good:

  • Instant overclocking feature genuinely works
  • Plenty of disk space
  • HDMI output

The bad:

  • Questionable design
  • Keyboard and mouse trackpad are fiddly

The bottomline:

Good value for money, considering the fact it can so easily be overclocked, but it's far from perfect

Editors' rating:

7.3/10

Users' rating:

8/10

Tags:

gx600 | laptop | msi | turbo | turbobook | button

Battery

  • Battery type included
  • Lithium-ion

Connectivity

  • Network interface
  • 10/100/1000 LAN, 802.11b, 802.11g
  • Dialup modem
  • Yes
  • USB ports
  • 4
  • Firewire ports
  • 1
  • Firewire type
  • 400
  • S-Video
  • Yes
  • VGA
  • Yes
  • HDMI
  • Yes

Display

  • Natural resolution (max)
  • 1680 x 1050 pixels
  • Diagonal screen size
  • 15.4 inch

Drives

  • Primary hard drive
  • 320 GB
  • Optical drive
  • DVD-RW

General

  • Dimensions (H x W x D)
  • 32 x 358 x 259 mm
  • Weight
  • 2.6 kg
  • Laptop type
  • Midweight, Gamer

Graphics

  • Graphics hardware
  • GeForce 8600M GT

Memory

  • Amt of RAM
  • 3GB
  • RAM type
  • DDR2-667
  • Memory card reader
  • Yes

Other

  • Motherboard chipset
  • Intel 965PM
  • Integrated webcam
  • Yes
  • TV tuner
  • Yes

Processor

  • Processor type
  • Intel Core 2 Duo
  • Processor speed
  • 2.4 GHz

Software

  • Operating system
  • Windows Vista Home Premium

Sound

  • Embedded stereo speakers
  • Yes
  • Digital audio output
  • Yes
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