Tuesday, December 14th 2010
MSI's AMD Fusion ''Brazos'' Powered CR650 Notebook Pictured
MSI will be among the first to release notebooks based on AMD's ambitious "Brazos" mobile platform, that takes AMD's Fusion accelerated processing units to notebooks, at price points that will strike a sweetspot between performance-crippled netbooks and entry-level notebooks. At the center of MSI's first such notebook, the CR650, is an AMD Fusion E-350 dual-core processor, supported by AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6300 series graphics.
With a screen size of 15.6-inches, the MSI CR650 is a typically sized widescreen notebook with features and product design (styling) very much into notebook domain. It looks to pack several multimedia features such as D-Sub and HDMI video output, high quality HD audio with some enhancement DSPs, a high-definition webcam, and Color Film Print Technology that adds clarity to images close to analog displays such as film projection and CRTs (less pixellation). The Fusion APU combines a dual-core processor with a GPU, and low-latency memory controller. Not much more is known about the CR650 at this point.
With a screen size of 15.6-inches, the MSI CR650 is a typically sized widescreen notebook with features and product design (styling) very much into notebook domain. It looks to pack several multimedia features such as D-Sub and HDMI video output, high quality HD audio with some enhancement DSPs, a high-definition webcam, and Color Film Print Technology that adds clarity to images close to analog displays such as film projection and CRTs (less pixellation). The Fusion APU combines a dual-core processor with a GPU, and low-latency memory controller. Not much more is known about the CR650 at this point.
19 Comments on MSI's AMD Fusion ''Brazos'' Powered CR650 Notebook Pictured
12" 10%
14" 50%
15" 30%
18" 10%
most people certanly wanted around 14-15"
Let's just hope the OEMs won't consistently pair the Fusion APUs with crappy 3 and 4-cell batteries, like they did with pretty much all the Athlon Neo platforms.
but yea i hope to see a pretty good selection of laptops/netbooks based on Fusion by tax time :) (if i don't spend it on a gfx card and psu and depending on what's left from workin on the car)
Now, if this Fusion laptop was smaller (12"-13") and lasted 6~ hours per charge, I'd be doing a lot more with it; I would take it to school, to my friends' houses, hell, even to the bathroom. Why take it anywhere if I can't watch an entire movie on a full charge?
I vowed to never fall for the same bullshit again. less than 12 inches/3 pounds or gtfo.
But I must say, my biggest beef lately, having been looking into a new laptop for my girlfriend, is how saturated the market is in 15" 720p laptops. I mean ... are you serious???? 720p is *maybe* a decent resolution for 13 or 14 inch screens .. *maybe* .. but 15???? And do NOT get me started on 17" 720p screens .. :twitch: This to me is absolutely ridiculous. I'm holding out for a 14 or 15 inch laptop with much greater than 720p res (and still a decent price) as well as discrete or better yet switchable graphics. Now that's where its at. Why 90% of laptops still fail to satisfy these simple requests at a reasonable price is beyond me... bleh!
Devin
Then comes the Sony Vaio Z11 with a 13.3" screen and 1920x1080/1200 res. :laugh: