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MSI has launched a 12.1 inch notebook called MSI L2100-036US. The notebook has better specifications than a conventional netbook and comes with an affordable price point.

The new MSI L2100-036US runs on a 1.6GHz AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 processor with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard disk drive. The graphics option is an ATI Radeon X1250 discrete GPU.

The 12.1 inch display features 1366 x 768 pixels resolution. There is an HDMI port for transferring video to an external monitor. Other features include WiFi 802.11b/g/n, 3 USB 2.0 ports, audio in/out, a multi-card reader and VGA. The machine weighs 3.2lbs. It currently sells for $459.99 with Windows 7.

Intel has unveiled two Atom processors based on its Pine Trail platform - the N450 and the N470.

The N450 is relatively slower with a clock speed of 1.66GHz. The recently unveiled N470 is much faster at 1.83GHz clock speed. This processor is expected to be used in select netbooks in the first quarter of next year.

Like N450, the N470 is a single core processor supporting hyper-threading. This Pine Trail chipset comes with a TDP of 6.5 W which is much better than the TDP of N270 Atom processors common in netbooks. Another plus point of the Pine Trail Atom processors is that they include an integrated IGP on the same silicon. More details are expected to be revealed at Intel’s Developer Forum (IDF) scheduled to be held from September 22 to 24.