Blogee.net got to take a look at the MSI Wind U200 at a MSI press event. This new Wind boasts a 12-inch screen and spacious keyboard. This isn’t your typical netbook with the usual specs with the Atom processor and GMA 950 graphics.
Portable Monkey recently finished reviewing the Wind U115. Battery life is excellent thanks to the hybrid storage. However, 8 GB of SSD is not much room to work with. Check out the rest of the review here.
Pros:
Excellent keyboard
Bright, matte display
The best battery life seen on a 6-cell battery netbook (10 hours)
Hybrid storage (contains both SSD and HDD)
720P HD video playback
Very quiet and cool
Cons:
Touchpad remains small and unchanged from original MSI Wind U100
Word came out that Microsoft is now banning netbooks with hybrid storage and MSI has until the end of June to remove the Wind U115 off store shelves. On top of that, Intel declares that versions of Windows 7 Home Premium and higher are not for netbooks and will not be validated if one tries to upgrade the OS. Oh yes, there’s one more thing…Microsoft is also trying to stop everyone from using the term netbook and suggested “low cost small notebook PC“. What’s the deal Microsoft?
Joanna Stern got hands-on with the MSI Wind U200 at Computex 2009. MSI removed the “Wind” label for an apparent reason. It may be due to the U200 not using the Intel Atom processor. Here’s a list of info that was gathered:
During the month of May, you were all asked about which color best suits the MSI Wind. The battle was mainly between black and white throughout the month. In the end, black took the top spot. Be sure to check out results from previous polls in the poll archive. This month’s poll asks about the best screen size for a netbook. Do you have any poll ideas? Leave a comment or send your suggestions on the feedback forum.
Apparently, this poll was done before last year and results are similar.
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