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MSI Wind U100-641US ten-Inch Black Netbook – three Cell Battery
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- Intel Atom 1.six GHz Processor, 512 KB L2 Cache, 533 MHz Bus speed
- 1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM, 2 GB Max
- 160 GB SATA Difficult Drive
- 10.” WSVGA LED backlight, Intel GMA950
- Windows XP Home
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When you’re in search of much more power and ease-of-use than a cellphone, with less bulk than a notebook, the solution is blowing in the wind. Actually, it’s the Microstar Wind. It’s a netbook that incorporates the practical styling and abilities of a Windows notebook Computer with complete 802.11g WiFi wireless. It’s the best electronic accessory to bring along anywhere. At less than 3 pounds, this notebook is best for any way of life – indoors or out. The Wind, an acronym for “Wi-Fi Network Device,” featur
MSI Wind U100-641US 10-Inch Black Netbook – three Cell Battery
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Great things come in small packages!,
I’ve only had this a week but I’ve already started using it a lot and have been pleasantly surprised seeing just how far I can push this little rascal!
You can take it anywhere as it’s the size of a small book and is very lightweight for a laptop. Traditional notebook laptops are designed to be desktop replacements, so they can end up too big, too heavy, and generally just too *much* for checking your email or editing a Word document in the few minutes you have whilst waiting for the train.
The U100 however, appears to more suitable for moving around frequently and using whenever you get a few moments to spare. It’s a great size, any larger than 10″ and it would no longer classify as a “netbook” class of laptop, any smaller and the screen would be less practical for serious use. Also, 10″ screens have the correct aspect ratio for webpage viewing, you don’t get wasted blank space at the sides as I’ve heard can happen with smaller screens.
It’s incredibly portable, surprisingly powerful when overclocked and RAM doubled, good value, nice to type on (80% size keys), and even looks good. It’s much more responsive running XP than I had expected, it actually behaves like a desktop PC! Microsoft has clearly removed a lot of their bloatware from XP to give these smaller systems the best chance of running quickly.
It performed well straight out of the box, but I spent a good couple of evenings setting it up *properly.* ie. removing the usual bundled bloatware (came with 3GB of Encarta pre-installed. *shudder*), 30 second trial versions of things you wouldn’t use anyway etc…. and now this baby is positively flying along!
So after removing the bloat, installing my own software (Office 2003/2007, MSN, Skype, AVG, Firefox 3, ZoneAlarm, Adobe PDF, heck even Photoshop CS3! Disabled unnessary processes from running in MSCONFIG. After setting everything up just the way nature intended, running PerfectDisk defragmenter and a boot-time defragmentation pass- my U100 was good to go. (well nearly) But there were a couple of things to do first…
On to…. the 1.6GHz Intel Atom PROCESSOR… well, overclocking it to be precise:
It’s great as it is out of the box, but you can get it to go 24% faster if you upgrade the BIOS to 1.10B then toggle Turbo mode with Fn + F10 when plugged into the mains. This won’t void your warranty as this is an official BIOS update from MSI. Fn + F10 when running on battery *underclocks* it so the processor only runs at 800Mhz and the screen brightness is reduced, prolonging the battery life. I know, it’s pretty cool. The light on the power switch shows you which of the 3 power modes is currently in use.
I tested the computer with a freeware utility called “cpuinfo.exe” to see what clock speeds *really* were when it was running at 1) “Eco mode” (green power light) 2) normal power mode (blue power light) and 3) “Turbo mode” (power light goes orange) I found that the CPU of the U100 now happily purrs along at 1984MHz when overclocked -so it’s basically increased by exactly 24% as the option states in the BIOS. You can choose between 8%, 16%, or 24%, but from what I’ve read it’s running stable for everyone at 24% (myself included) so you might as well set the overclock to maximum in the BIOS, you can always change it if you need to later.
This 24% increase in speed to just under 2GHz is awesome, especially when all the other Atom processor netbooks use the same processor and can’t be overclocked (to the best of my knowledge) so are stuck at 1.6GHz. So the U100 has a clear advantage over its rivals here.
What about the MEMORY?
Comes with 1GB, takes about 20 minutes and only about $40 to double that to its maximum 2GB. You don’t void the warranty to do this, and it’s dead easy. Take the 9 screws out underneath, pull the bottom half of the case off, just remember there is an on board stick of 1GB DDR2-667MHz RAM, and the expansion slot won’t recognise a 2GB module. So you fill the empty slot with 1GB and that’s it, memory doubled. I nearly bought a 2GB module by mistake before I read about the onboard memory.
The newer U120 apparently cannot be upgraded from its 1GB of RAM, has the same processor, and has a shorter battery life. You’re *much* better off with the U100 if only because you aren’t stuck with the 1GB RAM.
What about the HARD DRIVE?
The 160BG hard drive on this tiny 1Kg laptop is very generous- you wouldn’t be surprised to get half that capacity on a device such as this. In fact, some versions apparently do ship with an 80BG drive instead. With all my software installed on top of the Windows operating system, I still have 129GB to play with!
The inbuilt card reader works well with my camera’s Sony Memory Stick Pro card, and also takes SD cards and probably all the main memory card types…
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Customer Video Review Length:: 3:43 Mins
UPDATE WITH COMPARISON 12/09: This video is a comparison with the Acer Aspire One AOD250-1165 10.1 inch screen. Both the Acer and MSI are extremely similar. I’ve had the MSI wind for a year or so and I love it, I just bought the Acer as a gift for my boyfriend.
A couple things I did forget to mention. The Acer did have more “bloatware” (McAfee Internet Security Suite trial version; Google Desktop; Carbonite Online Backup; Acer GridVista) on it then the MSI wind, so I did remove a couple programs. This is really personal preference. Some people like to have as much as possible to get new software and try new programs. I like a bare bones netbook so I can add things according to my needs without really taking up much hard drive space. Both have 160GB hard drive. The Acer is a tad bit thinner when closed, but the MSI is listed at 2.3 lbs, while the Acer is 2.4 lb.
They have the very same video processor, though I said in my video I thought the Acer had a bit better video quality. This really could just have been the videos I watched (and the quality of them), not necessarily the video capabilities of the netbooks. Both are in fact available in white. The MSI wind wins for me based on the slightly larger keyboard and the matte screen.
ORIGINAL REVIEW OF THE MSI WIND:
At this price, you really can’t go wrong. They call them ‘netbooks’ but, really, they are just a small size laptop, because it had all the same features and more(hard drive, RAM, processor) as my 2 year old HP. Its different in that it weights about 1/2 of that laptop, which I think is just fantastic. Someone has already commented to me that you really don’t notice the smaller size 10″ screen once you start using this netbook, so its definitely the best on the bunch. Not huge 17″ or too small 8.9″.
I mainly use my laptop for internet, itunes, skype, AIM and occasional microsoft word. I also upload photos often and do a lot of typing(reviews like you’re reading now!). I did a great deal of comparisions with other wind models as well as other brands. I poked around [...] to get a feel for an issues people have, ways to easily fix little things, etc. I find that forum is really invaluable and will be a great source to use if you do get an MSI.
For other brands, I know acer is coming out with a 10″ screen soon and while that interested me, I liked everything I heard about MSI and didn’t want to wait, so this was my choice.
I specifically choose this one because the new u120 model is not ugradable in RAM to 2gb and I also like the price and look of this one better then the other. On a side note: I did see hear they will be releasing new model u120s that are upgradable in the next 2 months or so. but I don’t love the mix of black and white, I like my laptops strictly one color or the other. I also was more concerned with weight then battery power right now, and figured at a later date I can get a 6 cell battery and have both for the price it was to just get the one with only a 6 cell.
This little machine is adorable, but some won’t be so concerned with that.
Start up is fast. The webcam and built in microphone work great, already tested them out on skype and it was VERY easy to figure my way around without using the manual disc. Screen is super bright and vibrant, and has a matte finish which is something I wanted. On my HP it was shiny and seemed to collect dust, fingerprints and really caught a glare in the sun.
Watching video/you tube is good. If you’re having trouble with it you might need to update your flash player. I think it can be said that it would be nice if the speakers went up a little louder, but thats not a big deal.
The trackpad is fine for me. Its smaller then a standard laptop, but I personally use a wireless mouse so it won’t bother me much, but even using it starting out initially it was not a huge difference. You can also easily turn off the trackpad with fn+f3, so that you don’t hit it while typing.
So far the wireless has been steadfast and haven’t had any problems. The color of the msi wind is pretty, its a shimmery creamy white color, as opposed to a shocking white. When I unplugged to go to battery power, it told me I had 2 hours and 11 minutes, on my 3 cell battery. I dimmed the screen a bit and it seems to have made a difference. The keyboard is easy to maneuver. I’m a pretty fast typer and so far have had no major flubs, aside from the backspace button is close to some other weird one, so I just have to be sure not to hit that. You’ve got shift keys on both sides, so no matter which you favor, you are all set! I’ve uploaded a photo with the stock photos so you can see the details of the keyboard.
I’ve uploaded some photos and the SD card from my camera easily went right into the built in slot. One thing I noticed upon…
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