My New Toy MSI EX460 Entertainment Series
Categories: Featured, Gadget, Gaming, Rambles, Reviews
Written By: Louis James Diaz Google+
I got my new toy last week a day before my Greenlantern Server on Dreamhost bugged down. And since my hosting was down for a week, I was able to stress test this new MSI EX460 that I forcefully got (Yeah, Forced, Unplanned) since my brother needed a new Laptop so I gave him the MSI Megabook VR-K320 that I was using and decided the next day to buy a new one.
I got this new Toy of mine and never did I regret it. the specs and and all was just so enough for me, enough for blogging, enough for gaming and enough for everything that I wanted to do like watching HD Videos, I do note that there are already many NetBooks (10 inchers) out there which are much cheaper but I cannot sacrifice scrolling forever and ever up and down and side to side specially that I use computers most of my time.
Here are the specs of my new MSI Notebook EX460 Entertainment Series
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MSI EX460 T6600
- Processor : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6600 @ 2.20GHz
- Ram : 4GB
- Graphics : 512mb DDR2 ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
- Display: 14″ 1366×768 HD, Widescreen LED Display
- Storage: 250GB HDD
- Webcam: 1.3MP
- I/O: D-Sub X 1, USB2.0 Port X 3, Mic-in Port X 1, Headphone Output X 1, LAN Port X 1, Express Card X 1
- Battery: 6 cells
- Wireless Lan
- Ethernet Lan
- 4 in 1 Card Reader
For a complete list of features you can visit its page on MSI Global
It was priced for around 33k-35k PHP on computer shops on Gilmore but I got it haggled down to 31K PHP, and it came with a laptop bag which did not fit it right for the widescreen format of my MSI EX460, so I did buy a new bag for it.
What I really liked about this new gadget that I had was it was already HD Ready which means that I can already play HD Videos on it. By the way it also has got an HDMI Port on its side which is not listed on its page on MSI.
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Plus the video card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 512mb dedicated memory. I thought it was high already since I was so used to 256mb of video card memory on my lower end systems, but lo and behold, it was also getting shares from excess RAM that I have got on my new MSI EX460 Notebook 4GB of RAM since my Windows Vista Home Premium only needs 1GB of ram for it to run which gives my video card additional 1279MB of Ram which is around 1.2 GB of shared memory which makes my ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 from 512mb rise up to 1.7GB of memory!!
The Top Glossy Finish is also one thing that I liked, though I know that it would take extra challenge for me to take good care of it.
One of the downers on this spec though is that it does not come with a Blu-Ray Optical Drive unlike some other models of MSI, and it did not have an OS with it so I was obliged to buy a Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Genuine Windows Vista Ultimate which damaged me around 6K PHP 10K PHP
All in all, damage were around 31K + 6k (OS) so a whopping 37K PHP, but because of that I learned to love my new MSI EX460 Entertainment Series Notebook.
Update: Im only a week old on running on Windows Vista since I was loyal to Windows XP but due to the fact that I was not informed that Windows 7 would be out in the market by October 23, 2009, I had no choice but to buy Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit.
UPDATE:
A lot of people have already asked if there was really an HDMI Port available for this MSI Model EX460, and as far as what I can see, there really is one, I just did not have anytime however to test if its really functioning or not. Pictures of the HDMI port after the jump (Please bear with the resolution of the photos. Im gonna update it once I get a high end DSLR this Holiday Season).
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December 18th, 2009 at 9:42 am
where in gilmore did you buy yours? im thinking of buying the same lappy, thanks
December 16th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
HDMI port is closed and can’t be open.. scks hehe. My issue with this is the touchpad, sometimes it works sometimes it wont.
December 9th, 2009 at 12:34 am
there is an HDMI provision in the case of the EX460 but it doesnt have an HDMI port. if your photo had been the slightest in focus, it would have been very clear its covered and no actual port is available in the 31k version. if you force open the cover its empty.
December 1st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
@Steven,
Lol, maybe, or maybe other reviewers may not have noticed the HDMI Port since it is subtly seen with a quick look, plus the engraved HDMI label is unreadable if not seen and looked at closely..
Other than that, its absolutely an HDMI Port, so if you would be looking for a bang-for-the-buck MSI Laptop, then you can get this model, the only thing that is missing here is a Blu Ray Optical drive and you’re good to go!
December 1st, 2009 at 9:27 pm
thanks ! It’s quite obvious from your picture and I wonder why all reviewers say there is no HDMI port for this lappy … hmmm – even the official MSI website …
unless yours come with special requirements ?
December 1st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
@Steven,
Yup, I have updated my post regarding the HDMI Port issue, there is one, and I have also added Pics of the HDMI Port and where it is actually located. Please bear with the photos since I only took it up using a camera phone
December 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am
Just to check, are you sure there is a HDMI port ? I have not seen the actual notebook but many pple I asked said there is no HDMI … hmmm, can you verify again ? Thanks
November 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
@Pusang Kulog
As far as I know the max memory that MSI EX460 can handle is really 4gb, and so far from all the laptops that I have seen, the highest RAM that one can handle is 4gb as of the moment, and there were only a few of them and that includes this MSI EX460.
If you are really looking for higher RAM Capacity, then just wait around 5 months or so and for sure the max ram that a laptop can handle would really increase, but that is for newer laptops of course.
It might also be earlier specially now that Windows 7 is officially released and iCore desktops can now extend even up to 32gb and up of memory… For sure Laptops won’t get left that much behind.
November 11th, 2009 at 2:20 am
We have the same laptop… Just got mine the credit card way for Php34,900. I’m presently playing “Company of Heroes” on it and the performance is awesome…
One question though, I was wondering if I could still upgrade the 4 gb memory to 8Gb.Looks like the 4gb memory is already maxed out but I would like to hear other owners’ ideas… Tnx…
October 30th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
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