Following yesterday’s announcement from ATI of their new Radeon Xpress 1100 chipset, MSI today is announcing the availability of the new Megabook S271 supporting the Turion 64 X2 dual core CPU. The S271 is an ultra portable notebook with an aluminum alloy body and comes in black, red, and blue. You can also get it configured with a 8-cell battery and a Sempron CPU.

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Read the rest of the press release here.

“This notebook is accessorized with AMD’s most powerful X2 dual core, Turion™ 64 X2 Dual Core Platform processor, becoming the best candidate as the best notebook. This brand new MSI S271 comes with a durable and elegant Al-Mg alloy case, high definition Super Glare Type 12″ WXGA LCD, embedded ATi UMA graphic interface, and Digital Surround Sound, as well as some top notch features including MSI’s Dual CoreCell, 802.11b/g and BlueTooth 2.0 wireless communication. All these features are stored in a compact body, only 2 cm in thickness and less than 2 kgs in weight.”

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