MSI Wind U90

MSI Wind U90 is a portable notebook with a 8.9 inch wide LCD screen that features a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. Its system works on Intel® Atom™ N270 1.6GHz Processor. It features LED power-saving backlight technology and Bluetooth technology. Netbook lovers can purchase the MSI Wind U90 in the following colors, angel white, empire black, romantic pink and wind for love. The MSI Wind U90 is almost alike MSI’s 100. It is said to be cheaper than the U100. Price of this netbook is set at $350.

Specifications
Processor is the Intel Atom N270 at 1,6GHz. Chipset is Intel 945 GSE. Memory is 1GB DDR2. HDD is an 80GB. Graphics adapter is Intel GMA 950. Screen size is 8.9″ (1024×600). Connectors on this netbook are 3xUSB, VGA, Wireless 802.11b/g and card reader.

Display
This netbook features a 8.9-inch display screen. Resolution of this netbook is 1024×600 pixels.

Design
The keyboard and touchpad has an ergonomic design with a distance of 17.5mm between keys. Its touchpad measures 54mm in wide. It measures around 260 X 180 X 19-31.5 mm in dimensions and weighs 1kg with 3 cell battery.

Power
Battery life is about 2 hours long on this netbook.

Netbook Features
It is equipped with a built-in 1.3 megapixels webcam. The supported operating system is Windows XP.

Connections
It has built-in WiFi 802.11b/g and equipped with Bluetooth technology. It allows user to access the internet at home or when you are out.

System
The MSI Wind U90 comes with a 2.5 inch standard SATA hard drive 80GB and DDR2 RAM of 512MB/1GB. The Intel Atom Processor is less than 25 (mm) ² in size and has a power usage within 1 to 2.5W. It is embedded with LED power-saving backlight technology.

Other Features
It is equipped with the capability of magnifying text within software. With this feature, users can magnify any words displayed on the monitor during a photo viewing or when reading documents and editing. It has a built-in 4-in-1 memory card slot which supports SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro cards. It has a built-in 2 channel stereo speakers. It is equipped with three USB 2.0 ports, a microphone jack, a headphone out jack, graphics card output (VGA) and a RJ-45 Ethernet LAN port. The standard package comes with high capacity Li-ion battery, carry bag, AC adapter and power cord, quick start manual and all-in-on application disk containing the user manual, drivers, utilities and recovery function. Battery life is about 2 hours long. There’s the SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 with the MSI Wind U90. Price of this netbook is set at $350.

Reviews

“ if you pick up MSI’s Wind U90, you better love SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 and be totally cool with the sub-2 hour battery life. For those of you still with us, you can probably guess that the 8.9-inch Wind didn’t do so hot during its review, with those two rubs really overshadowing the solid design, great keyboard and delicious price tag ($350). For whatever reason, MSI figured it’d be peachy to toss a 3-cell battery in there and let mobile users just deal with the 1 hour, 39 minute lifespan; obviously, that’s an issue serious road warriors can’t ignore. If you’re willing to pony up for an extra battery and install your own OS (if SUSE isn’t your cup of tea), the Wind U90 might not make for a bad companion, but as-is, you better do some serious soul searching before pulling the trigger.”  (Engadget, 2008)

“MSI Wind U90 has price tag that is around 50€ lower than for model U100. It is up to you to decide if that difference can be justified with absence of Windows XP and Bluetooth adapter.” (Insidehw, 2008)