CibbuanoMSI Wind impressions
June 3rd 2008 04:44
Great! A super-portable that you could carry in one hand. And it ran Linux, to boot.
Well, everyone else wants to get in the game - Dell is coming out with an ultraportable, low-end laptops are getting smaller and space-conscious.
MSI is making headlines this week with their upcoming ultraportable, Wind.
It's a little heavier than the Eee at 1.3 kg, but it has significantly higher specs.
The dudes at CNet gave it a test run and liked what they saw:
"We can't talk about the CPU yet -- it's top secret -- but we can tell you it's very quick and very power-efficient. What's more, the CPU can be overclocked by about 20 per cent using a dedicated button and MSI's TurboDrive Engine -- which we saw on the TurboBook GX600. The Wind will also sport 1GB of RAM, an 80GB mechanical hard drive, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, three (count 'em) USB ports, a D-Sub video output, a 4-in-1 memory card reader, and a 3-cell battery with a claimed life of 3-4 hours."
Hmm - it sounds good except for the battery time. Three to four hours... does that mean when new? Does that mean it'll be 1-2 hours after it's been used?
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Is this pooter going ot be around $400-?
I would definitely see that as an option.
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fog, these low-end laptops are meant to be ultra-cheap as well. If you look, you can find! I'm about to buy a full-sized laptop, reasonably powerful for just $500 in Sydney!
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The 6 cell version will have a battery life of up to 5-6 hours.
The battery will indeed deteriorate, but the same can be said for the battery of every laptop. 3-4 hours isn't bad for a new laptop, and 5-6 certainly isn't.