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Big entertainment and big gaming is guaranteed by the big MSI GT725 17” Gaming Laptop. Equipped with powerful internal components, it is sure to meet all your multimedia needs. This mobile computer ships with 3 sets of configurations, which have similar base specifications, with few differences. Firstly, the internal processing is taken care of by the Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 2.4GHz processor. For more powerful applications, that require intense processing, this laptop is available in a configuration that has an Intel Core 2 Quad processor as well. This, along with the 4GB DDR2 RAM, definitely ensure good operation speed. The hard drive capacity is 320GB. The more powerful configuration has a 500GB hard drive on board. The operating system that this device comes pre-loaded with is Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium OS.
The 17” widescreen monitor of this laptop comes with a high definition resolution of 1680 × 1050 pixels. Here again, the enhanced configuration presents a Full HD screen, with a resolution of 1920 × 1080 pixels. The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850 3D Graphic Card has been employed for creating powerful graphics and 512MB of VRAM is dedicated for the same. There is as well a Blu-Ray/DVD combo drive built into this behemoth work-station. MSI has paid good attention to the sound system of this machine too. There are four speakers with subwoofer and Dolby Sound technology.
Both wired Ethernet and WiFi are supported by this device for internet connectivity. Even Bluetooth wireless data exchange technology is offered. A long line-up of connectors are also on-board this portable computer. 3 USB ports, a USB/eSATA combination port, an HDMI link, a VGA connection, a Firewire port, a 4-in-1 card reader and an ExpressCard slot are all included. There is even a 2 Megapixel web camera housed in this laptop.
Acute computations require a powerful battery. Hence this workhorse has been equipped with a 9-cell battery, which provides a respectable runtime life. Along with the battery it weighs 3.2kg. The MSI GT725 High Definition Multimedia Laptop costs about £1300 for the Full HD, Quad core processor configuration and about £1080 for the normal HD, dual core processor configuration. This laptop was one of MSI’s displays in CeBIT 2009.
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