Monday, June 4, 2012

MSI unwraps Slider S20 hybrid tablet with Windows 8 (hands-on)

[![MSI Slider S20 hands-on][1] ][2]

[MSI][3] is well-known for showing tablets at [Computex][4] -- it even showed what amounts to the same tablets at two [different][5] [shows][6]. It's certainly shaking things up this year, however, with the Slider S20. We've seen hybrid tablet PCs before, but the Windows 8-toting S20 has a fairly slick tilting mechanism that locks the 11.6-inch touchscreen at an angle, turning the slate into a pseudo-laptop right on the spot. MSI is only willing at this early stage to mention a few key details, but it's promising at least one Slider S20 variant with a properly speedy [low-voltage Ivy Bridge][7] chip as well as 4GB of RAM, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI and USB 3.0. Our friends at Engadget Spanish got an early look and found the tablet a bit chunky with a so-so display, but also thought that it looked like a "robust" design. Check our overseas companions' first impressions for more, and know that the Slider S20 is expected to reach Europe in September at €899 ($1,121) in its full Ivy Bridge glory along with a lower-powered model at €799 ($996).

[MSI unwraps Slider S20 hybrid tablet with Windows 8 (hands-on)][2] originally appeared on [Engadget][8] on Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:16:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][9].

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