Micro-Star International (MSI) Wind

There is now a new entrant to the sub-notebook class, and that is the MSI Wind.

You'll find that there are two models in the U.S.. It is better to SUSE Linux PC costs $ 399 and the more expensive Windows XP version of 549 $.

Both models share the same 1.6GHz processor AtomTM. You need a 3 USB ports, Wi-Fi 802.11b / g and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. The six-cell battery should give you about 6 hours of life on a charge, but you will have if the check box3-cell battery is installed. The basic hard disk drive is 80 GB. The screen is a 10-inch backlit screen. The screen size and hard to give them a definite advantage over the Asus EEE 901

You will notice that the Linux model 512 MB of RAM compared to 1 GB for the Windows XP version has. There are two RAM slots, which allow to increase the available memory.

Options on the machine with up to 320MB hard disk, and you can even another outsideColor. For selection are black, white and pink.

You will notice that the proposed wind with a 8.9-inch screen is not planned to be sold in the U.S..

But the whole system weighs only 1 kg (2.2 lb) and is so light in weight, even for a handbag or shoulder bag. It does not have a state hard drive and sold for this reason the machine is not as robust as the ASUS EEE.

If this goes on the second machine for a family or a small office? It is built in order to be used while driving;and it is a good size, is in the slot on the back of the seats, which are ready to board airplanes or trains.

Yes, there are big differences between the MSI Wind and ASUS EEE 1000, and the most important of these is the fact that the MSI may have far-larger hard drives. It will be operated both from the same AtomTM processor and it will be interesting if the speed comparisons are published, the machine is running at the higher speed.

It is very easy, the wind for a EEE error because they have thesame plastic look and feel. The color contrasts in the Wind "will be a big difference, but if a white wind and have a white Asus EEE, it will be difficult to immediately see the difference. For you, the buyer, the size of the hard drive is probably the deciding factor between the EEE and the wind.