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In the crowded world of ultraportable and super slim notebooks, another notebook which has been hogging laptop news headlines over the past few weeks in the MSI X-Slim X600. This super slim ultra light notebook has been touted for big things in the days ahead and it would be interesting to see how it would compete against the likes of Dell Inspiron 14 which are priced on the same price level as the MSI X-Slim X600.

The X600 is undoubtedly the slimmest 15 inch notebook in the market , even smaller than the likes of Sony Viao NW series. The laptop weighs in a mere 4.8 pounds and is under an inch in thickness. However, one negative feature is lack of an internal DVD storage drive although MSI has added in an extra external DVD writer which sounds a little bit dodgy.

Despite its size, the laptop is power packed and comes in with a 1.4 Ghz Intel Dual Core processor and a whopping 4 GB of Ram. In addition, the laptop also has 500 GB of hard disk space which should fill up all your basic needs.

Another crowning feature of the laptop is the inclusion of rounder curves just like the Mac book Air which makes it a sight to behold. This ultraportable laptop is available in two colours black and silver, although the silver one does look much better and is resistant to scratches.

When it comes to performance, the MSI X-Slim blazes ahead with some superlative scores. Even under continuous Wi-Fi, usage the laptop provided 4.1 hours of continuous battery backup which is a 20% increase over its rivals, the Sony NW series.

Even other tests such as frame tests and file transfer speeds saw it surge ahead of its competition making it a viable choice for those looking for a slimmer laptop on their travels.

At $799, this 15 inch beauty does not come cheap and goes head on with other Dell Inspiron models in the market. What remains to be seen is how far the ultraportable market would accept this given the demand for 10 inch laptops in a budget conscious market.