MSI's Wind NB U100 is one of the first Intel Atom-based mini-notebooks to appear. It gives a clear idea of what the bargain-priced CPU can handle. Other components include 1GB of RAM, an 80GB 2.5-inch hard drive, and Windows XP-, all for $550. The Wind is roughly the size of a super-small ultraportable laptop, like Lenovo's Ideapad U110, but mini-notebooks and ultraportables in no way overlap price and performance..
The Wind manages to get a cool design with a 10-inch, 1024-by-600 resolution display and a keyboard reasonably appropriate for hands to type on. It's also larger (10.23 by 7.08 by 1.24 inches ) than most other mini-notes, and its construction seems rugged (additional bonus is the well-constructed hinges inside the case). The Wind comes with an array of features like three USB ports, a Webcam/mic that camps atop the display, an SD Card slot, and ethernet and VGA-out jacks, like most of the present mini notebooks
The bundled software is pretty misery: a trial version of Microsoft Office 2007 and a BurnRecovery App that crafts a recovery CD which is not goona be useful for a device with no optical drive.
The Wind's most notable feature is TurboDrive--a feature that amounts to overclocking at the touch of a button. Essentially, TurboDrive appears to be a power management shortcut that shoves the Atom processor into its (relatively) high-power mode. Battery life is a big dissappointment: The juice lasted for just 2 hours, 24 minutes.
Navigating documents and files is reasonably painless. The single bar at the bottom of the mousepad is cool, which serves as both the left and right mouse click..
There are some solid reasons to consider MSI's Wind. It's small and fairly light (about 2.6 pounds), and it's sturdy enough to take a beating. But other solidly-built mini-notebooks are just gonna surface up, including Lenovo's S10 and the Dell mini Inspiron 910. Its better to weigh your options before you consider buying any of these.
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