MSI's Wind Ultra-portable Notebook Gets Pictured

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MSI is entering the Eee PC champion league with some tricked out Wind notebook. While you won't be blown away by performance or by the looks of it, Wind U100 will be MSI's first major fighter against Eee that is claimed to beat it in 6 out of 9 design specification. Shipping in mid to late May, the U100 will get its power from an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor based on a Intel 945GM motherboard, up to 2GB DDR2 667MHz memory, 80GB 2.5-inch SATA hard drive and a 10-inch WSVGA LCD with 1024x600 wide resolution, that MSI claims is much better for web surfing compared to Eee PC. Also included is a 4-in-1 card reader, three USB 2.0 ports, GB network port, 802.11B/G wireless and Bluetooth V2.0 EDR. Multimedia features will get you HD audio through integrated stereo speakers and video from a 1.3MP camera. The MSI Wind will ship with either Windows XP or Linux OS. Also MSI promises two battery options: 3 cell and 6 cell. With the 3 cell battery installed, the whole system will weigh less than a kilo and measure 260x180x19-31.5mm. See some more pictures at TweakTown.



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[mdm-adph]

with 1024x600 wide resolution, that MSI claims is much better for web surfing compared to Eee PC.

Don't even need to claim that -- just come out and say it. I've used an EeePC, and the screen resolution is horrible. (Other than that, it's great, though.)

 

[newtekie1]

Waiting for pricing, and the new larger screen on the EeePC is better than the old.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Wind, as in wind-up? Or as in break-wind?

What terrible marketing. PR department should fall on swords.

 

[mdm-adph]

Wind, as in wind-up? Or as in break-wind?

What terrible marketing. PR department should fall on swords.

Garsh -- that's a wee bit extreme, don't you think?

It's probably just a bad translation for "light" or "airy" -- though, I agree that MSI probably never even asked someone who spoke English if it was a good choice or not... :shadedshu

 

[Ravenas]

LOL! Horrible marketing right there! "Wind"? Nice job on coping Apple marketing! Now they really won't sell these things.

 

[a111087]

hope this will be affordable

 

[Baum]

how long will the battery last and is the display bright?

that's what i would like to know

 

[Triprift]

Id say theyd be the same as any lappy battery were if ya get a couple of hours ya doing well. Id assume yad have various power options. I love this thanku Asus for creating a mini pc revolution

 

[R_1]

MSI with 3 chip solution (CPU -Intel Atom, 945GME GMCH , ICH)? This is really bad! And all we thought that VIA is crap, at least it can handle Vista Aero! What shall we do after the end of June?
Doesn't this shit (Atom CPU) had an integrated memory controller?

 

[Saakki]

MSI claims 7 hours battery time but proly less..

 

[swaaye]

MSI with 3 chip solution (CPU -Intel Atom, 945GME GMCH , ICH)? This is really bad! And all we thought that VIA is crap, at least it can handle Vista Aero! What shall we do after the end of June?
Doesn't this shit (Atom CPU) had an integrated memory controller?

It's better than the Eeepc's 910GM. GMA900 in 910GM can't do Aero at all. GMA950 can do it very well (I've been running one in Vista for 6 months.) GMA950 still would suck for games, but it's better than a GMA900. It would be like having a GeForce 3 for games, basically. I can think of lots of stuff that I could play on that. There are plenty of classics to choose from.

I'm not sure about Atom though. It probably won't outperform a 900MHz Celeron M much. If at all.