MSI Wind U100-016US 10-Inch Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) Black
|
List Price: $399.99
Our Price: $399.99
Your Save: $ ( % )
Availability:
Manufacturer: MSI COMPUTER
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Personal Computers
Brand: MSI
EAN: 0816909048070
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: MSI COMPUTER
Model: U100-016US
Publisher: MSI COMPUTER
Studio: MSI COMPUTER
|
|
|
Features
|
Intel Atom 1.6 GHz Processor
512 KB L2 Cache, 533 MHz Bus speed
120 GB SATA Hard Drive, 1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM, 2 GB Max
Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN and Modem Module, Built-in 802.11b/g WLAN Card/Bluetooth Supported
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quick, light, real laptop
Comment: I have used my Wind MSI for over two months now, and I want to share how happy I am about it.
Specifically, two friends of mine have bought the basic ACER AspireOne at some 80$-100$ less, and I've had the occasion to compare the two. At the beginning I thought the AspireOne would have been a better buy, but now I know I was right in choosing the Wind.
Comparing MSI Wind to ACER AspireOne, I prefer the MSI Wind because:
- it is the same weight (1kg), even if 1'' larger in width/length dimensions
- that 1'' more gives you a much better user experience with the keyboard, I could not feel the difference with my standard 14'' laptop; conversely, I tried the AspireOne and it was somehow difficult to type with 10 fingers
- the Wind is faster! My mates take 3-4 times the time it takes me to open the browser and check on the internet! We experimented it live!
- the wider screen helps if you want to edit docs
What I like better in the AspireOne is the higher quality of colours in the screen, much more vivid than in the Wind. But that's about the only thing.
As to battery life, apparently it's comparable... it lasts about 2h-2h30 for both models.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MSI WIND
Comment: I thought this Item was perfect for what it is. A netbook. Small and lightweight for travel. The only problem I had was the right side of the space bar did not work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: exceptional little device
Comment: I bought this based on product reviews. I'd never heard of MSI before. I just knew I needed something light, reliable, and didn't want to learn a new operating system. This little computer does everything I need in a laptop. It's fast, lightweight, and I carry it with me everywhere. The only drawback is the short battery life of the 3 cell. Otherwise, plenty of bang for the buck.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice little machine terrible touch pad
Comment: Overall this is a nice little machine for the price. Unfortunately I learned after purchasing that MSI discontinued the Synaptic touch pad and is now shipping with the inferior and no doubt cheaper Sentelic touch pad which does not include the finger sliding scroll feature. This is the worst touch pad I have ever used and frankly I would not have purchased the system had I known of the swap beforehand.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Maybe not an only computer, but it ROCKS for travel essentials!
Comment: I just wanted a secure client (i.e., my own computer) while on personal travel, and this exceeds my expectations. As a light packer, I was not looking forward to lugging a heavy 14" laptop along.
I am a fast touch-typist with large hands. The HP 2133 has full-sized keys, but it's pricey and heavy. I could not type at all on any of the Asus "net books"; it was just impossible. The Asus keys appear to be about the same size as these, but these are ever-so-slightly larger with bevel edges for separation and it makes all the difference.
Consider spending slightly more for this one, which has longer battery life and an additional 40 GB of disk.
MSI's Live Update Online gave me a *scary* warning and required me to OK running it at my own risk outside the warranty (because it could include BIOS updates). After all that it found no applicable updates to install! Ha!
STRENGTHS:
* Though small, the display is nice and bright. It's kind of exciting, a cool little device.
* Good old 32-bit Windows runs great. It came with XP Home Edition, SP 3. Set-up was a breeze and there were no "craplets" to clean off, just a trial version of MS Office.
* Bootup --from cold to password prompt-- is only 36 seconds! After typing in my password, disk activity settles down after only 20 seconds, but this will vary with what software you have loading at startup.
* Performance is great for what I run: the IE 7 browser w/Google toolbar, TextPad 5.2, PGP Desktop 9.9, and a good free photo editor called IrfanView 4.2.
* If I don't feel like connecting my camera, I can just stick its SD card directly into the slot. (I've done it with cards from Canon and Minolta cameras, probably works for any.)
* It came with Windows Magnifier, which I had never heard of until I got this. It magnifies fine print in case you're without reading glasses.
* The con that's really a pro: it's tiny, so I don't spend so much of my vacation on the computer.
LIMITATIONS:
* My Canon camera's software refuses to load, citing insufficient screen resolution. (1024x600 and 800x600 are the only choices on this computer.) You might experience this with your apps; read the label on the software box. (I can still offload photos to the laptop and use IrfanView to tweak them.)
* The loudspeaker ("squeaker") is such a joke that it's cute, but it's loud enough on headphones.
* You have to hold down the Fn key to use the End or Home keys.
TIPS/FYI:
* Fn+F3 turns off the touch pad so that one can type without the cursor jumping all over the place.
* Run Windows update and let it load IE 7. Then Youtube and CNN will work. (They didn't in the store, where the floor model had apparently not been updated. Youtube's a little jittery.) My banking sites work, as do advanced, feature-rich sites such as WSJ and Amazon.
* Set-up partitions the disk into a C: "drive" for the Windows operating system with about 30 GB of free space left over (where I installed all my software), and an empty 70 GB D: drive.
* There's no CD or DVD player, so software must be downloaded from the net or from a USB device (external CD/DVD or memory stick). That keeps the weight down.
* It runs 90 minutes on battery and then KABOOM! It plays the two-piano-note Windows "asterisk" sound and shut itself down in the blink of an eye. I plug in the AC adapter and it's back up in under ten seconds (!) and has not lost any work! Awesome! 8-[] It takes about two hours to charge back up while in use.
One Acer has a similar price & keyboard, but I did not test it. Sorry for the lengthy review but there are too many considerations about a computer to cover in 300 words. I hope I hit some points that you find useful.
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quick, light, real laptop
Comment: I have used my Wind MSI for over two months now, and I want to share how happy I am about it.
Specifically, two friends of mine have bought the basic ACER AspireOne at some 80$-100$ less, and I've had the occasion to compare the two. At the beginning I thought the AspireOne would have been a better buy, but now I know I was right in choosing the Wind.
Comparing MSI Wind to ACER AspireOne, I prefer the MSI Wind because:
- it is the same weight (1kg), even if 1'' larger in width/length dimensions
- that 1'' more gives you a much better user experience with the keyboard, I could not feel the difference with my standard 14'' laptop; conversely, I tried the AspireOne and it was somehow difficult to type with 10 fingers
- the Wind is faster! My mates take 3-4 times the time it takes me to open the browser and check on the internet! We experimented it live!
- the wider screen helps if you want to edit docs
What I like better in the AspireOne is the higher quality of colours in the screen, much more vivid than in the Wind. But that's about the only thing.
As to battery life, apparently it's comparable... it lasts about 2h-2h30 for both models.
Customer Rating:
Summary: MSI WIND
Comment: I thought this Item was perfect for what it is. A netbook. Small and lightweight for travel. The only problem I had was the right side of the space bar did not work.
Customer Rating:
Summary: exceptional little device
Comment: I bought this based on product reviews. I'd never heard of MSI before. I just knew I needed something light, reliable, and didn't want to learn a new operating system. This little computer does everything I need in a laptop. It's fast, lightweight, and I carry it with me everywhere. The only drawback is the short battery life of the 3 cell. Otherwise, plenty of bang for the buck.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nice little machine terrible touch pad
Comment: Overall this is a nice little machine for the price. Unfortunately I learned after purchasing that MSI discontinued the Synaptic touch pad and is now shipping with the inferior and no doubt cheaper Sentelic touch pad which does not include the finger sliding scroll feature. This is the worst touch pad I have ever used and frankly I would not have purchased the system had I known of the swap beforehand.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Maybe not an only computer, but it ROCKS for travel essentials!
Comment: I just wanted a secure client (i.e., my own computer) while on personal travel, and this exceeds my expectations. As a light packer, I was not looking forward to lugging a heavy 14" laptop along.
I am a fast touch-typist with large hands. The HP 2133 has full-sized keys, but it's pricey and heavy. I could not type at all on any of the Asus "net books"; it was just impossible. The Asus keys appear to be about the same size as these, but these are ever-so-slightly larger with bevel edges for separation and it makes all the difference.
Consider spending slightly more for this one, which has longer battery life and an additional 40 GB of disk.
MSI's Live Update Online gave me a *scary* warning and required me to OK running it at my own risk outside the warranty (because it could include BIOS updates). After all that it found no applicable updates to install! Ha!
STRENGTHS:
* Though small, the display is nice and bright. It's kind of exciting, a cool little device.
* Good old 32-bit Windows runs great. It came with XP Home Edition, SP 3. Set-up was a breeze and there were no "craplets" to clean off, just a trial version of MS Office.
* Bootup --from cold to password prompt-- is only 36 seconds! After typing in my password, disk activity settles down after only 20 seconds, but this will vary with what software you have loading at startup.
* Performance is great for what I run: the IE 7 browser w/Google toolbar, TextPad 5.2, PGP Desktop 9.9, and a good free photo editor called IrfanView 4.2.
* If I don't feel like connecting my camera, I can just stick its SD card directly into the slot. (I've done it with cards from Canon and Minolta cameras, probably works for any.)
* It came with Windows Magnifier, which I had never heard of until I got this. It magnifies fine print in case you're without reading glasses.
* The con that's really a pro: it's tiny, so I don't spend so much of my vacation on the computer.
LIMITATIONS:
* My Canon camera's software refuses to load, citing insufficient screen resolution. (1024x600 and 800x600 are the only choices on this computer.) You might experience this with your apps; read the label on the software box. (I can still offload photos to the laptop and use IrfanView to tweak them.)
* The loudspeaker ("squeaker") is such a joke that it's cute, but it's loud enough on headphones.
* You have to hold down the Fn key to use the End or Home keys.
TIPS/FYI:
* Fn+F3 turns off the touch pad so that one can type without the cursor jumping all over the place.
* Run Windows update and let it load IE 7. Then Youtube and CNN will work. (They didn't in the store, where the floor model had apparently not been updated. Youtube's a little jittery.) My banking sites work, as do advanced, feature-rich sites such as WSJ and Amazon.
* Set-up partitions the disk into a C: "drive" for the Windows operating system with about 30 GB of free space left over (where I installed all my software), and an empty 70 GB D: drive.
* There's no CD or DVD player, so software must be downloaded from the net or from a USB device (external CD/DVD or memory stick). That keeps the weight down.
* It runs 90 minutes on battery and then KABOOM! It plays the two-piano-note Windows "asterisk" sound and shut itself down in the blink of an eye. I plug in the AC adapter and it's back up in under ten seconds (!) and has not lost any work! Awesome! 8-[] It takes about two hours to charge back up while in use.
One Acer has a similar price & keyboard, but I did not test it. Sorry for the lengthy review but there are too many considerations about a computer to cover in 300 words. I hope I hit some points that you find useful.
MSI Wind U100 Black Ultra-Mobile PC with 3-Cell Battery. 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 120GB SATA HDD, 1GB DDR2, 10" LCD @ 1024 x 600, Windows XP Home.
|
|
|
- Ask about this education product "MSI Wind U100-016US 10-Inch Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) Black" in the forum
- Give review on this education product "MSI Wind U100-016US 10-Inch Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 3 Cell Battery) Black" in the forum
- Search related information in the forum
|
|
|
|
|
| OOEN Referral Program Spotlight |
 | | Aakers College
Imagine earning the degree you need for a rewarding career in as little as 9 months. Aakers College in North Dakota makes it possible. Choose from programs in Business, Legal Services, Medical Services, or Travel. Flexible curriculum enables you to attend classes in the day, evening, or even online. For over 100 years, Aakers has been offering career-track diplomas and degrees to students looking for a better life. Now it’s your turn. | |  | |
 | | Advanced Technology Institute
Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, offers hands-on degree and diploma programs in some of today’s hottest service careers. Choose from ASE and NATEF certified programs in Automotive Technology, HVAC and Refrigeration, Diesel/Heavy Vehicle, Commercial Driving, and High Performance Repair. Extensive job placement assistance is available, as well as financial aid for students who qualify. | | | |
 | | Akron Institute
Are you ready for a career you’ll really love? Akron Institute offers career-track diploma programs that will prepare you to become a Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, Medical Biller, or Insurance Coder. The best part? You can complete your program in as little as 9 months. Akron offers externships that will provide you with the real-world experience you’ll need to succeed. You’ll also benefit from extensive career placement services. If you’re serious about improving your future, start at Akron Institute. | | | |
|
What is OOEN Referral Program Spotlight?
OOEN provides comprehensive listing of online courses, degree programs, colleges and universities.
Also OOEN provides links to their information request pages; if you want to find out more about any course,
degree program, college or university, you can just fill out the form linked from OOEN and request information.
It is completely free for anyone to request information, and you can request information from as many colleges
and universities as you'd like. We list featured schools and their brief information
in this "OOEN Referral Program Spotlight" section of OOEN Store for Education,
in case that you are interested in taking a class or two or even pursuing degree program
through these featured schools.
|
|
|
