MSI has been strengthening its notebook catalog over the last few months. It unveiled the CR720 Theater PC not long ago and the company has now unveiled some new notebooks in the 16 and 15.6-inch range in a new CR600/620 family. The new notebooks are over different Intel Core i3 and Core i5 processors depending on the model.

The CR600 is the only 16-inch model among the 15.6-inch models that include the CR620-030, CR620-033 and CR620-031. The entire set of the new models use Windows 7 Home Premium and support HD resolution graphics. The screen resolution for all models is 1366 x 768 and the three 15.6-inch models get 4GB of RAM.

The storage is 320GB or 500GB HDDs and the 033 version adds a Blu-ray DVD combo drive to the mix. All of the notebooks also use the chicklet keyboard MSI favors. The CR600 sports NVIDIA 8200M graphics, 802.11b/g/n WiFi and HDMI out.

MSI is quiet on the specific graphics and connectivity options of the 15.6-inch models. The notebooks start at $589 ($US529).