PC Club Enpower ENP660: Back to School

Design and Appearance

Performance, features, size, and/or weight are usually the primary considerations for people out notebook shopping. Appearance is another factor that may or may not be important, and the overall design needs to be evaluated to see how it works in day-to-day use.


Considering that the ENP660 is based off an MSI barebones chassis, it's not too surprising that the overall appearance and design are pretty vanilla. The exterior is a black/charcoal color, and the palm rest inside is silver - nothing particularly noteworthy. How much that matters is going to vary by individual, but while we did find the notebook to be pretty plain-Jane we also found it to be perfectly serviceable. The most excitement you get from the design is the Enpower logo that lights up when the system is powered on. If you want something flashier, you'll have to look elsewhere.


Taking a quick look at the laptop from various angles, we can find most of the features mentioned on the previous page. On the front you get the flash memory reader along with the audio jacks. PC Club/MSI does include three audio jacks, and you can configure the sound system to output 5.1 audio to external speakers. Other than the release latch for the display on the front and the ventilation and Kensington lock on the back, there's nothing else to see on the front or rear of the laptop.


The left and right sides are home to the majority of the connections. The left side has the DVD drive, two USB ports, modem and LAN connections, and another Kensington lock socket. The right side has an ExpressCard slot, FireWire, two more USB ports, VGA and S-Video outputs, and the power socket.