MSI has started rolling out a new notebook model that brings together high-definition entertainment and Intel's fourth generation Centrino platform.

According to Akihabara News, the new notebook - called the MSI-1221 - features a 12.1-inch WXGA monitor and HDMI support. It boasts of a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo processor (it looks like user can choose to go with the T7300 or the T7000) and the GM965 Express Santa Rosa chipset.

The MSI-1221 also has 2GB of RAM, 40 to 120 GB HDD (SATA), 1.3 megapixel webcam, A/B/G WiFi, and TurboMemory. This notebook falls into the 150,000 Yen (US$ 1,225) to 200,000 Yen (US$ 1,633) price range.

This video is not for the weak of heart. It's every laptop owner's nightmare come to life. Take a look on what an MSI product goes through before stacked on a shelf somewhere and into your doorsteps.

The Hinge test, situates your laptop into a contraption that makes it seem like it's doing a million or so sit ups in varying degrees of intensity. This ensures that you can slam your laptop without worrying of it falling apart, when you don't want your boss to catch you doing non-work-related activities on the company's computer. While the Keyboard switch life test reminds me of tiny robotic fingers gone haywire giving your laptop a massage.

Undeniably the most dreadful of all the tasks performed, the Drop test is like watching an execution via hanging in the old days. Where a person is tied to a noose and then the platform gives way beneath him. After the shock and vibration and weight and pressure test, I have no doubts that any laptop that'll come out working after that torture is a keeper. Other tests include Acoustics Test, USB Port Insert test and Temperature and humidity test.

I can just see the evil looks on MacBook owners now.