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MSI Wind U90

LaptopMag has published a review of the new 8.9 inch MSI Wind U90X netbook here on their website. The U90X (or U90) is in many ways the little brother to the original Wind U100 which was a 10 inch netbook. The U90 features:

  • Intel Atom N270 processor
  • Windows XP Home OS
  • 8.9 inch widescreen 1024 x 600 display
  • Built-in stereo speakers
  • 120GB SATA HDD
  • 1.3 or 0.3 megapixel webcam (reviewed system came with a 0.3 megapixel camera)
  • 4 in 1 card reader
  • Microphone
  • 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi
  • 3 USB 2.0 ports
  • VGA output
  • Measures 260 x 180 x 19~31.5 mm and weighs 1 kg with 3 cell battery

The U90 features the same comfortable keyboard found in the 10 inch Wind thanks to the fact that the U90 utilizes the same chassis as the older 10 inch brother. Unfortunately LaptopMag wasn’t thrilled with the inclusion of the SUSE Linux OS. Here’s their verdict:

The MSI Wind U90X’s keyboard is the largest and most comfortable of any 8.9-inch mini-notebook on the market, and we like its spacious hard drive. However, opting for the SUSE Linux operating system was a mistake, and therefore we don’t recommend the Wind U90X over the Acer Aspire one or the Dell Inspiron Mini 9. While its $369 price is appealing, only those willing to replace the SUSE OS with a version of Windows or another flavor of Linux will find the Wind U90X to be a decent 8.9-inch netbook.

Read more of the review at LaptopMag. Pictures below courtesy of LaptopMag

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Written by flung

October 4th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

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    Excellent post - very informative and more importantly accurate. You raise a interesting point so i'd be interested to hear other peoples response.
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    The U90 features the same comfortable keyboard found in the 10 inch Wind thanks to the fact that the U90 utilizes the same chassis as the older 10 inch brother. Unfortunately LaptopMag wasn’t thrilled with the inclusion of the SUSE Linux OS.
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    in many ways the little brother to the original Wind U100 which was a 10 inch netbook. The U90 features:

    * Intel Atom N270 processor
    * Windows XP Home OS
    * 8.9 inch widescreen 1024 x 600 display
    * Built-in stereo speakers
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    Ed r u the NL guy once lived at Meinz??
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    I recently bought the msi wind laptop for my daughter. Here is a

    Nice hardware specs:
    Keyboard feels solid and not too cramped
    screen is clean and readable
    120 GB HD
    Fairly snappy response
    1.3 Megapixel camera, mic
    Price was a great - approximately $240 USD
    Full Suse Enterprise – an enterprise ready operating system
    Pink case

    The Bad:
    The software is not at all customized for the small screen or the device
    Compiz on such a small computer? It takes a lot of the limited ram
    Asking for a Root password?
    Who would know what that is?
    Mount/Unmount USB devices? How about simply remove?
    The software is not really good for a kid or a newbie
    Hard to find software to instal
    Upgrading the RAM negates the warrenty!
    Speakers are not loud enough
    No software for recording video included out of the box
    tomboy sucks resources
    power cord is too large and chunky for such a small laptop

    Conclusion: MSI needs to customize Suse a bit for the small screen or maybe go with ubuntu.
    Other few small quirks need to be smoothed out. But otherwise I am very happy to have bought my first linux based laptop.





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    The Linux issues are not a big deal with me, as I have been using it for years on destops and notebooks. However, I agree that the SLED distribution on the U90x was not optimized for this small screen. Take one of the Eee PCs, and you will find a Linux customized so that it appeals to those unfamiliar with Linux.
    I bought the U90x because it had the best keyboard of all the netbooks that I had tried out. It was also a bargain price. I suppose that the retailers are trying to move out a slow-selling item...
    This is the first time I have used a Gnome desktop and I really love to show it off to others (I am a desktop-minimalist on my other Linux systems). Changing to the next virtual desktop is like flipping a cube, an animation that turns a lot of heads. It also has the OS X-like tiling of window images, so that I can sort out what running application I have on my desktop - another eye-catching animation.
    I don't see how installing Ubuntu would help the matching of applications to the small screen size.

    Edwin
 

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