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:

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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.

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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.
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  • 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".
    Reply
  • 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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