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MSI's Crystal-Encrusted Luxury Laptop

by Tim Stevens on March 5, 2008 at 02:28 PM

MSI's Luxury Laptop Gets Crystals,

Luxury is up to the eye of the beholder these days, and for many gadgets, it seems as though luxury can be defined with crystals. Such is the case with MSI's new "PR200 Crystal Collection" line of laptops. The latest entry into this luxury line comes in a "pearl-like" white color (we'd say Mac-like, actually), a series of "fashionable" accessories, and a logo on the front that's encrusted with 120 crystals.

The white color complements a series of earlier, darker colors, but it's the accoutremonts here that add a feeling of definite luxury. The lappy comes with matching white mouse and one-gigabyte (1GB) thumb drive, along with two leather carrying cases: one for toting the PR200 and those matching "fashionable" accessories, and a second, slimmer case for just the laptop itself.

Reading through the engrish-riddled spec sheet reveals that, to match the sparklies on the back and color-coded add-ons, there's some solid firepower here under the 12-inch lid. The laptop features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor that should speed through most tasks, a DVD burner, 160-gigabytes of storage space, 802.11 N wireless capability (currently the fastest standard), and a fingerprint reader to keep the thing safe.

So, a decent machine with a clean, sophisticated look. No word on price yet, or even on U.S. availability -- and we're still wondering what exactly "Crystal is in possession of elegant essence," which we read on PR200 press release, is supposed to mean.

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