MSI X-Slim X610 Ultrathin Laptop [AMD Athlon NEO Processor & Congo Platform, 15.6-in LCD, 1-in Thick, 4.6-lbs, Integrated Webcam]

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We brought you the announcement last week about MSI’s foray into the AMD-powered laptop market with the launch of their new MSI X410 ultraportable laptop and it would appear that they aren’t done with the fun just yet. In an apparent move to strengthen their non-Intel product offerings, MSI announced today that they would be launching a new ultrathin laptop, the MSI X-Slim X610. The new machine is based on the AMD Congo platform and powered by an AMD Athlon processor.

Well, it just might be official. Thin is the new black. MSI announced today that they are preparing to release yet another AMD-powered laptop PC and have dubbed it the X-Slim X610. The new machine is basically a redux of their already-available X600 notebook in which they’ve stripped out the Intel Core 2 CPU and related mainboard and replaced them with AMD’s Congo platform and an Athlon Neo processor.

The new X-Slim X610 has retained a number of the better features of the X600 including 15.6-in, 1366×768 resolution screen, ultrathin 1-in thickness and slight sub-five pound weight. It also has the same 6-cell Li-ion battery. Also, as in the X600, the focus appears to be on low power consumption. The new X610 uses only 15W, which is only about 40% of what a traditional laptop PC consumes under the same conditions. MSI has also worked in it other power-saving technologies, under the ECO name, allowing users to select between sever usage-specific modes of operation all of which tailor the units power consumption based on the application (i.e. movie, game, presentation, word processing, and turbo).

Rounding out the multimedia package of the MSI X610 are ATI’s 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 4330 3D discrete graphic chipset along with four integrated 2nd-generation Dolby-certified speakers, optional Blu-ray player and HDMI output. Several HDD configurations are available including 320GB, 500GB or 640GB capacities and 2GB of RAM is standard along with the option to kick it up to 4GB. All system configurations come pre-installed with Windows Vista Home Premium and integrated 1.3MP webcam. Communications standards include wi-fi and Gigabyte Ethernet. Bluetooth is offered as an option.

Unfortunately, we don’t have any information to share with you on the official release date or pricing, so you’ll have to stay tuned for the update.