Watch MSI's Viral X-Slim Butt Clenching Video

Could computer companies be turning to viral internet videos for their marketing efforts? After all, some videos can spread like wildfire – though having them created by a corporation kind of takes away from the fun.

The latest effort comes from MSI, which, in a possibly brilliant but somewhat tasteless move, has created a video showing off how its thin and light X-Slim notebook can be caught between a pair of clenched butt cheeks. Check out the video below:

The video, besides promoting the thin profile of the X-Slim, could be a promotion for MSI's own video contest to win a trip to the Great Barrier Reef.

Earlier this month, Microsoft made its own viral video showing an impressive water slide stunt in promotion of Office Project 2007.

Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
  • thejerk
    The cartwheel "catch" seriously made me LOL.
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  • billin30
    "Dude is it gay...?"
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  • doomtomb
    I saw this last night, pretty good.
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  • dextermat
    "Dude is it gay...?"

    +1 indeed he is
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  • Hanin33
    hehe... it's werking.. sent it to about 20 ppl so far...
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  • mlopinto2k1
    Uhhhh, heheheh hehehe hehehe... Uhhhhh, hehe heh... he said, "Butt".
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  • Greg_77
    I don't want to buy a laptop associated with this ad... it would make my a$$ hurt.
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  • 7amood
    what else can he stick in there...

    i don't think it's THE laptop that is being thrown because they would have damaged hundreds while trying to get it right every time.
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  • mlopinto2k1
    Yea, that's what I thought, "what else can he stick in there?" NOT!!!
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  • anamaniac
    Fail.
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