MSI fords the sands, announces sixteen laptops with Intel Core 2011 chips

We’d heard MSI was seriously considering a pair of Sandy Bridge all-in-one PCs , but when it comes to laptops the company’s definitely going whole-hog — it just announced no fewer than sixteen new laptops with those fancy new Intel second-generation Core processors . The chunky G-series will sport those new quad-core Core i7 chip, with the 17.3-inch GT780 and 15.6-inch GT680 delivering Dynaudio speakers, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 500 and 400-series graphics and dual SSDs, while the GR620 and GE620 are left to fend with lower specs of some sort. The F-series retains the Core i7 chips, but swaps in switchable NVIDIA GT 500-series graphics, excepting the 14-inch FX420 which makes do with Core i5 and loses the dedicated number pad. Finally, the C-series will shoot for eight hours of battery life. MSI’s not dropping terribly detailed specs at this point (though you’ll find a few in the gallery below) but if you’re aiming high, you won’t have long to wait for a rig — that GT680′s hitting later this month for $1,500, and the GT780 in Q2 of this year. PR after the break. Gallery: MSI’s Sandy Bridge notebook lineup at CES 2011 Gallery: MSI’s Sandy Bridge laptop lineup – press shots Continue reading MSI fords the sands, announces sixteen laptops with Intel Core 2011 chips MSI fords the sands, announces sixteen laptops with Intel Core 2011 chips originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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