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Entry-Level Notebooks

MSI MegaBook S430

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MSI MegaBook S430 3.00

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RRP

$1089.00

Review Date

Wednesday, 31st of October, 2007

Features

Processor : AMD Sempron

Supported Media : CD-R

Supported Media : CD-ROM

Supported Media : CD-RW

Supported Media : DVD-R

Supported Media : DVD+R

Supported Media : DVD-RAM

Supported Media : DVD-ROM

Supported Media : DVD-RW

Supported Media : DVD+RW

What's Hot

14in widescreen, 802.11g Wi-Fi, DVD burner

What's Not

Needs more RAM, slow performance, choppy DVD playback, the keyboard could be better

The Final Word

All up, the S430 is an inexpensive option for users who want to run simple tasks. Its performance was sluggish in our tests, and we found the keyboard to be a little hit-and-miss, but it's a suitable unit for browsing the Web and working on not-too-CPU-intensive office documents.

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Benchmarks

PC Tests Graphics & Gaming

World Bench 6

World Bench 6 Component Results (Seconds)

Adobe Photoshop CS2:	2106
Discreet 3ds Max 8.0 SP-3 (Direct X):	790
Firefox 2:	488
Microsoft Office 2003 with SP1:	494
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0:	506
Multitasking - Firefox and Windows Media Encoder:	736
Nero 7 Ultra Edition:	1471
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5:	405
WinZip Computing WinZip 10.0:	588