MSI Wind Netbooks Review’d – Wind U160 and Wind U230
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Ricky in Netbooks
It’s an odd introduction because the MSI Wind U230 is a newer model with older hardware built in. The K10.5-based ultra-mobile processors from AMD are starting to trickle onto the market, but MSI is opting to offer the U230 using an Athlon Neo X2 L335 based off the older K8 core.
Despite the venerable core that debuted with the Athlon 64 so long ago starting to show its age, it’s still at least a reasonable alternative to people who don’t want to suffer with Atom‘s “just enough” performance along with integrated graphics that get worse with each progressive generation (at least the GMA 950 could drive an HDMI port). Continue Reading…
Just like Asus’ competing Eee PC or Samsung’s N-series netbooks, MSI’s Wind range can be relied upon to receive regular refreshes. After a while, one netbook can start to feel much like the next, but to be fair, newer models usually offer some kind of improvement: whether it’s better battery life, a more recent OS or slightly faster processor. However, with its new Wind U160, MSI is bringing some more fundamental changes compared to the U115 we looked at last year, including a rather dramatic design overhaul. Let’s find out how it holds up.
Unfortunately, on the component side there’s little to get excited about, and the specification list reads almost identically to that of most other current 10.1in netbooks, Continue Reading…
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