[plug] Usual questions about laptops

[Jonathan Young]

I've also used MSI boards, thumb drives, mp3 players and video cards
without any issues.  Their mainboards were so/so a few years back, but
right now I wouldn't hesitate.

Don't know about their laptops first hand... Though I've seen them
around, I'd still prefer Toshiba, NEC and IBM over most others.

If you are already considering models from people who are not necessarily
laptop "specialists" and/or putting the MSI models up against some
no-name models then I think the MSI is worth a look.

Just check out what components they use - clearly an MSI mainboard! Who
makes the hard drive?  CD/DVD?  Screen?  These things will make the
difference overall, but if you recognise the components they've used,
MSI themselves have a good to very good reputation for their boards and
tech support / RA in general.

- Jonathan.


On 3/22/2006, "Adam Davin" <byteme-its at westnet.com.au> wrote:

>G'day Richard.
>
>On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:38:07 +0800
>Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au> wrote:
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8779537633&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr12_PcY_BID_Stores_IT
>>
>> Anybody ever heard of MSI laptops before - seems you can get it
>> without the M$ "tax"?
>>
>
>I am assuming this would be the same as MSI main boards.
>
>Checkout http://www.msi.com.tw and navigate to your favourite world
>location from there.
>
>I have used their main boards in various machines and they seem to be
>reasonably reliable and solid (Used under both windows and linux)
>
>Recently I had to deal with a warranty board, went through the fill in
>the form, got a response back from them, posted the board off, and
>received it back a few weeks later.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Regards,
>
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>
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