MSI Wind U100 gets 320GB HDD

@claire: the original Wind U100 should be within that range.

ciao!

I want to buy a laptop for my kids do you think MSI Wind is a good brand

opting between MSI Wind against Asus Eeepc 1000, will depend on your taste. If you want a stylish one, go for the latter. They have the same processor N270 though MSI is slightly lighter.

PC Corner provides 6 cell battery with a max of 2.0 GB RAM and a whooping 500 GB HDD for MSI plus its keyboard way better than Asus.

though if you really want a top of the line netbook with tight budget.. take a look with the new acer ospire one 103 vs. MS wind u100.

I am really planning to buy one soon but i am torn between MSI Wind and Acer Aspire 103… they have almost the same price for 25,995.00 and 25, 590.00 against two different specs.

MSI Wind U100xp ( 25, 950.00)
Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz
2.0Gb DDR2 / 500Gb SATA HDD
10in.* / camera / wireless LAN
USB x 3, SD card, bluetooth ( though not
sure)
MS Windows® XP Home SP3 licensed …
with ….6-cells battery

Acer Aspire One 103 ( 1GB, 320 GB 25, 995.00)
( 1GB, 500 GB 27, 995.00)
Processor: Intel® Atom™ Processor N280
1.66GHz, 512Kb, 533MHz FSB)
Chipset: Mobile Intel® 945GSE Chipset
GFX Controller: Intel® GMA 950 graphics
controller
Memory: 1.0Gb DDR2 Memory (now …2.0Gb
ready !!!)
Hard Drive: 320Gb SATA HDD
with One storage slot for SD Card
Display: 10in. WSVGA TFT LCD
Weight: 1.33Kgs. (2.95lbs.)
OS: MicroSoft® Windows® XP Home Operating
System
Network: Built-in 10/100 LAN
Built-in 802.11bg Wireless Network
Connection
Built-in Bluetooth
6-cells battery 5800mAH !!!
Muti-touch pad !!!

Built in Multi in One Card Reader:
>(SD) Card,(MMC), (RS-MMC)
>Memory Stick
>Memory Stick PRO
>xD Picture card

Supports the ff cards with adapter:
>miniSD
>microSD
>Memory Stick Duo
With Acer eRecovery Software
With Acer Launch Manager
With Adobe Reader
With McAfee Internet Security Suite
With Microsoft® Office 2007 Trial Version

one thing i didn’t like about this upgrade from Acer is that PC Corner or acer philippines didn’t upgrade the graphics from Intel® GMA 950 graphics
controller to GN40 which is a better graphics performer…. i wonder why?

where can i buy an Acer Aspire One with 80 GB? Please give me information about that. How much that one? THX a lot

How does this compare to the HP Mini Note guys? torn between the two, but I need to get either very soon, i need a laptop I can carry around!

I am buying this wind not later July 18, 2008. Please contact me 092282*****. I am looking

for the best deal. Together with it I am buying DVD writer (external) for it and optical

mouse. If if possible, I would like to upgrade its 3cell to 6 cell.

wow…sana makabili.

I’ve seen this on PC Corner Online last night… Time to open my “alikansya”…

mas magandang mas dumami pa ang kompetisyon ng EEe PC para mas bumaba pa ang presyo.

whoa…320g’s + 2 gig ram? im sold…price is also reasonable i guess

@yuga: Plain “erin” would do, if not can you switch the e and the u? And thanks for the hat tip. :D

@BrianB: i guess you were referring to the tom’s hardware article that SSD are either “on” or “off” while HDD only consume maximum power if the actuators powering the heads are being moved.

@rex: if im not mistaken the 3-cell variants weight slightly more than the eeepc so its between 2.4 – 3.0 lbs. i just cant remember ifthe 2.4lbs were for the 8.9″ with 3-cell model. :(

i am definitely getting the Wind, various reviews are giving it a slight advantage over the eee lineup. caveat emptor but the reviews are pretty consistent. i can’t wait for the black and the 6-cell equipped models to come to our shores. :)

note for linux users though that as of early this week it was said that the Wind wouldn’t install Ubuntu properly but OSX was successful. waiting might be good if the ubuntu netbook remix will be stable/usable by august or september as one of its goals is to be stable on netbook computers.

ciao!

whoa! 320GB!
SOLD!

There’s a recent finding that SSDs actually consume more power than even 7200 rpm HD drives.