MSI WIND U100

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123 of 123 Ciao users found the following review helpful

mr_mlk

Member since 10/03/2007

Reviews written: 16

Small & Mighty 23/11/2008

User recommends the product

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 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 ... more
40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful

gemsarchitect

Member since 01/09/2008

Reviews written: 86

due to portability 27/11/2008

User recommends the product

Advantages low weight and affordable size
Disadvantages poor batery

MSI Wind U100 ************ 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. **** Design and look Notebook is very handy with its affordable size, and it has been measured as Width26 cm Depth18 cm Height3.2 cm and total weight is about 1.1 kg. if we consider its depth than it ... more
8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Versicolor1

AMAZING Things Come In Small Packages 08/06/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Very Portable, Easy To Use, Good Value For Money, Has A Webcam, Quite Fast
Disadvantages Keys Can Be Hard To Press

Possibly The Best Notebook On The Market Notebook laptops have become all the rage in the past year or two. Known for their ease of use, ultimate portability and value for money notebooks have become popular amongst university 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 ... more
7 of 7 Ciao users found the following review helpful

trev11

Excellent value netbook 26/06/2009

User recommends the product

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 from my digital camera. I was originally going to buy an Asus Eee PC 901 but after trying it at a shop alongside the MSI Wind, I found the MSI ... more
30 of 31 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Quick review of MSI WIND U100 by GuDoN 02/04/2009

Very nice notebook. Why I only voted this good... Firstly, if you plan on using CD/DVD's where you're at, you'll need a portable DVD player, which could be more clutter to carry around with you. Secondly, the screen size is a down point for me, personally. When I worked on an Excel document, I discovered that the screen doesn't show the whole document, and it actually moves with your mouse if you move to the corners. I guess it would have looked stupid if the notebook actually fitted the document in the small screen area. But I found it a bit ... more
5 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

mike1976

Advent 4211c (re-branded MSI Wind) 05/03/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Cheap and easy to use
Disadvantages No optical drive,battery not amazing

The Advent 4211 is an often 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 office type tasks with no problem. There is no optical drive so I purchased a very cheap CD drive which is fine if the ... more
4 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

marinu666

MSI Wind U100 Notebook 21/06/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Battery life, Size
Disadvantages Pixels on the screen

I bought my MSI Wind around a year ago, I have since fallen in love with it, bbut come to hate it on occasions! It is brilliant for the creation of Word Documents and is a good way to carry about my Business documents, however in terms of Pure processing power, it falls down flat on its face. The MSI Wind boasts a Dual Core 1.6 GHz processor (which means 2 800Mhz Cores). If the processor wasn't a dual core, I dont think it could even run windows! The second drawback would be the screen pixels. A little over 10 inches is the perfect size for a Laptop screen in my opinion. However, the MSI Wind ... more
0 of 1 Ciao users found the following review helpful

DanClose

GREAT NETBOOK FOR OSX 23/11/2009

User doesn't recommend the product

Advantages Nice Colour Selections
Disadvantages None

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, i got ilife running on it with no problesm what so ever. if you lookiung fo an ideal xmas present get one of these, they will love you forever, there ... more
1 of 6 Ciao users found the following review helpful

assafbz

A baby Computer 24/04/2009

User recommends the product

Advantages Very Portable, Light, 6 cell battery
Disadvantages no cd\dvd

if you having second thoughts don't ! this is a great product. it has everything you look for in a computer and everything you look for in a small portable gadget. My main concern before buying was the small screen (10 inch only). once I started to work with it I found out the screen is just about right. the resolution was adjusted to the screen size and so no problem here. The 6 cell battery was my pick and it is the right pick. It lasts almost 5.5 hours which is the most you can expect from a laptop. like all MSI products it comes with a webcam and a good keyboard design. it does not ... more
0 of 3 Ciao users found the following review helpful

jakedavies8

Msi wind 26/08/2010

User recommends the product

Advantages Fast and smallle
Disadvantages not always reliable

This is a fairly decent little netbook, the only complaints are that it was not very reliable for me, until i upgraded the ram to 1.49gb and loaded the machine with windows 7 ultimate and now its as quick as a fiddle and i use it for iphone app developing without any problems. its ram is upgradeable to a max of 2gigs and it can easily handle windows 7 with a minimum of 1gig. i use it mainly for travel and data storage with its 80gb sata hd which is fairly large for a netbook of its size and weight. It comes with me on the plane with no hassle at all and is a great little web surfer for those ... more