This MSI Wind comes in many different flavours, the version I have is the Advent 4211. A rebadged MSI Wind by PC World.
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The U100 has selected a 10 inch wide LCD display as oppose to the typical smaller sizes to ... more
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Advantages: Tiny and weighs nothing Disadvantages: Tiny screen in a none-standard res, bad graphics card
This MSI Wind comes in many different flavours, the version I have is the Advent 4211. A rebadged MSI Wind by PC World.
The MSI Wind is part of a new wave of "SSCs" (Small Cheap Computers). Low powered computers sold cheap. In general they come in two sizes (8" and 10"), most use the with the same hardware under the hood. The current standard is a Intel Atom 1.6GHz, between 512 MB and 1GB of RAM and a Intel 945 ... ...quality.
The MSI Wind is a on the high end of specifications range, with 1 gig of RAM (upgradeable to 2) and a 10" screen. This provides the tiny little machine with more than enough umpf to do some demanding tasks well above the stated use of web browsing and checking email. I have run some fairly weighty applications and it handles them in its stride. Until I tried a modern game. While the CPU is for its size is impressive the ... more
This MSI Wind comes in many different flavours, the version I have is the Advent 4211. A rebadged MSI Wind by PC World.
The MSI Wind is part of a new wave of "SSCs" (Small Cheap Computers). Low powered computers sold cheap. In general they come in two sizes (8" and 10"), most use the with the same hardware under the hood. The current standard is a Intel Atom 1.6GHz, between 512 MB and 1GB of RAM and a Intel 945 graphics adapter. The different brands then change the quality of the screen, rearrange the keyboard and increase or reduce the build quality.
The MSI Wind is a on the high end of specifications range, with 1 gig of RAM (upgradeable to 2) and a 10" screen. This provides the tiny little machine with more than enough umpf to do some demanding tasks well above the stated use of web browsing and checking email. I have run some fairly weighty applications and it handles them in its stride. Until I tried a modern game. While the CPU is for its size is impressive the graphics card is very poor. I was not expecting it to run X3, I am disappointed it can not handle Halflife2 - a four year old game. Especially as on paper it should be able too.
The version I have, a Advent 4211, while it has a high specification at £280 it is cheaper than most. So corners have been cut, the most obvious is the cheap quality of the screen (and I don't just mean small, one has to accept small when dealing with Netbooks). The second place noticeable cheap point is the internal speakers. My mobile phones internal speakers sound better and have a high max volume. The overall build quality is also affected. It is not badly build, but the plastic is has a "SmartPrice" quality.
On such a small device, the keyboard and mouse pad need to be well designed to be usable. I'm not a fan of mouse pads, but this one does move mouse cursor when you ask it to, and not (as I find with some) when you are typing. Plus it has the buttons in the correct place, under the mouse pad. The alphanumeric section of the keyboard is a good size but alas the "lesser used" keys such as punctuation are 1 /2 sized which I find a tad irritating. Plus the control and the Function button are the wrong way round. I end up with c, x and v's filling my documents as I fail to copy and paste.
The battery is a small 3 cell job. Very light (as is the rest of the machine) and easy to fit but a real pain to remove. For normal use on the move this seams to be adequate, I used the device for 2 and a half hours on a long trip, and it still had juice left. I have also done some more formal tests. I played a standard definition video full screen in a loop and unplugged the power supply. It lasted a respectable 78 minutes. When running on battery it has a rather neat "Low Power" mode that dims the back light and sets the CPU to half its normal running speed. I re-ran the experiment in this mode but with the screen of full brightness - however got only 80 minutes of life.
The shipped software is lacking, consisting of just the god-awful Microsoft Works and the OS+drivers. But with Open Office a free download I see no reason to stick with Works. A device meant as a "Internet terminal" should ship with firewall and anti-virus software, but alas both are missing.
For a netbook it is well connected with three USB 2.0 sockets (two on the left and one the right), a SD card reader, a standard VGA connector, Ethernet (all on the right), blue tooth and WiFi (G not the new N). I've only used the WiFi a few times but it found a signal quickly, and connected without issue. Unfortunately one of the USB ports has become a little temperamental and will not accept every device I plug into it. It is fine with my mobile phone but ignores my mouse and DSL modem. It also comes with two standard-sized audio jacks. By default this is mic and headphones, but the audio drivers will let you change them and asks you what you have plugged in each time you plug something in. A feature I found pointless, and luckily you can set defaults. You might have noticed that most of the connections are on the right. On the left side between the two USB ports and the power port is a large air vent from which you can hear the fan whirl when you ask it to do something CPU heavy.
Overall I really like this machine. It is just the right size to put on airplane table, runs all the applications you need and looks great, if a little cheap. Sure I'd love it to play HalfLife 2 but it is under the magic £300. However I can only recommend one if you are in the market for an ultra portable. If not then you can buy a desktop computer for £300 that would blow this out of the water.
Advantages: low weight and affordable size Disadvantages: poor batery
MSI Wind U100
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Portability is a main feature in nay notebook and every manufacturer is trying to give best portable and affordable notebook to its customers. Every well known brand have some good portable models in their notebook list and here I am going to discuss about MSI's 10" category ultra portable notebook with its good features and advantages as well as some disadvantages also.
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Design and look
Notebook is very handy ... ...Width26 cm Depth18 cm Height3.2 cm and total weight is about 1.1 kg. if we consider its depth than it is not in ultra thin category and this is more than 2cm of Apple's Macbook pro. So the design is similar to other general notebooks but weight is very low with 1.1kg.
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Processing speed
Processor is latest with Intel Atom N270 clock speed is 1.6 GHz. This is a new processor from Intel to provide ultra portability feature in notebook and it ...
gemsarchitect 27.11.2008
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Advantages: Very Portable, Easy To Use, Good Value For Money, Has A Webcam, Quite Fast Disadvantages: Keys Can Be Hard To Press
...students to office workers. The MSI WIND is a great addition to the large range of notebooks already on the market and is quite possible up there with the best. ''' A little bit about the WIND ''' The WIND was created by Taiwan based company Micro Star International. WIND stands for Wi-Fi Network Device so as you would probably imagine this was not designed for serious gaming. It was designed mainly for surfing the internet and typing up documents ... ...as clustered as other notebooks. MSI have spaced the keyboard out to provide maximum comfort and ease of use. The keys are (obviously) still not as easy to type with as a laptop but you can't really expect that from a notebook. It is fast - The 1.6GHz provides more than enough power to run this little thing effectively, especially when tied with the 1GB of DDR2 RAM. Let me put this in to perspective for the more computer illiterate audience. Basically, ...
Versicolor1 08.06.2009
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its a brilliant netbook if you want a cheap apple mac, and chant afford the £700 apple charge! theres guides at www.hackbookproject.co.uk!! there easy to follow
the netbook its self is really good qualirty, and has a high build qualirty unlike some of the the other netbooks out threre.
i really enjoy using my netbook, i have got photoshop c s 4 running very well on mine and it doesnt lag at all, it aslo runs logic studio from apple really well, ...
Advantages: Small and lightweight with good screen and keyboard size Disadvantages: 3-cell battery only lasts 2 hours so buy one with a 6-cell battery
I bought the MSI Wind U100 in October 2008 whilst on holiday in the US for just $380 and it is one of the best purchases I have made in the last year. I have used it every day since then and have had no problems at all with it. It is extremely portable due to its small size and low weight and does everything I need it to. My primary use for it is surfing the internet and typing up reports. I also make use of the built in card reader to transfer pictures ... ...at a shop alongside the MSI Wind, I found the MSI netbook to be much better due to the larger screen and keyboard. In my opinion it also looks better and seems to be more durable. The only bad thing I can think of about my netbook is that it has a 3-cell battery that only lasts 2 hours. It is definitely worth paying more to get one with a 6-cell battery and this is the only upgrade I might make in the future. With all netbooks such as this one you ...
trev11 26.06.2009
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Advantages: Cheap and easy to use Disadvantages: No optical drive,battery not amazing
...overlooked re-branded version of the MSI Wind.
It is powered by the Intel Atom 1.6GHZ processor and has 1GB RAM as standard which I upgraded to 2GB. My version has the 80GB hard drive which is plenty of space for me. I find the 10.2in monitor just big enough to be comfortable and wouldn't recommend going for any Netbooks with 8in monitors as they would be a little small. It runs a cut down version of XP Home with ease and can cope with most general ... ...drive so I purchased a very cheap CD drive which is fine if the Advent is a secondary laptop. I would recommend buying a more expensive optical drive if you don't have access to another laptop. The biggest problem I had with the Advent was when I crashed it. There is no recovery disc as it has an internal recovery partition. If you buy one don't make my mistake. The very first thing you should do is make a bootable USB recovery device as Advent say ...
mike1976 05.03.2009
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Intel GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0, Shared Video Memory (UMA)
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128 MB
Audio
Audio Output
Sound card
Compliant Standards
High Definition Audio
Audio Input
Microphone
Notebook camera
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Sensor Resolution
1.3 Megapixel
Input device(s)
Type
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Manufacturer's product description
The U100 has selected a 10" wide LCD display as oppose to the typical smaller sizes to provide better comfort while viewing or reading. In addition, the high resolution can relief concerns of the full display of web pages while browsing, giving you the freedom when exploring the Internet. The U100 is embedded with the LED power-saving backlight technology in providing better color fullness and brightness, elevating the total quality of imagery. Furthermore, the lower usage of power can offer a longer operating time. The U100 is equipped with the capability of magnifying text within software, so you may magnify any of the words displayed on the monitor freely, making it easier when you are viewing photos, editing or reading documents.
