MSI's gaming laptops have looked the same for years, but we
aren't going to judge. As Mother always told us, it's what's
inside that counts, and the new GX640 -- now stateside after a
two month vacation in Europe -- is quite the upgrade. That
familiar red-and-black chassis now houses a 2.26GHz Core i5-540M
alongside 4GB of DDR3 memory, and the 1680 x 1050 LCD display is
driven by a Mobility Radeon HD 5850 for mondo graphical
performance. 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, a six-cell battery and a 500GB,
7200RPM HDD round out a value-packed $1100 package, but if
you're looking for a little more juice (and prepared to
squeeze), you'll find you can customize this mean, 5.8 pound
machine with a Core i7 CPU, up to 8GB of RAM, SSDs and a nine-
cell Li-ion at XoticPC.   MSI's customizable GX640 gaming
notebook now shipping