MSI Wind U100 Plus

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80% MSI - MSI Wind U100 Plus review
Source: IT Reviews Archive.org version
Unless you've been living in a cave for the past year, or on a expedition up the far reaches of the Amazon (well, that one may not count as even some villages on the banks of the mighty river have WiFi), you must have heard of the U100 Wind netbook from MSI: not only the company's first, but also the first netbook to spawn a 10-inch screen and probably the most rebadged netbook in existence. If you already own a Wind then there's not much point upgrading to the new one as it doesn't offer much more than the original, especially as it uses the older Intel chipset. But if you are still toying with the idea of getting a netbook, then MSI's Wind Plus should be high on your list of possibles.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/03/2009
Rating: Total score: 80%

Foreign Reviews

80% Konterrevolution
Source: Connect - 10/10
Comparison, , Medium, Date: 10/01/2010
Rating: Total score: 80% features: 100% ergonomy: 60%

MSI Wind U100 1616XP Luxury
Source: PC Masters DE→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 06/21/2010
Rating: price: 80% performance: 80% features: 80%

84% XP oder Win7? Netbooks im Test
Source: PC Praxis - 1/2010
Comparison, , Length Unknown, Date: 12/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 84% price: 90%

50% Schneewittchen und die 7-Zwerge
Source: Computerbild - 26/2009
Comparison, online available, Long, Date: 11/01/2009
Rating: Total score: 50% price: 40% performance: 72% features: 80% display: 85% ergonomy: 80% emissions: 99%

MSI lance une version Plus de son netbook... un très léger plus
Source: 01Net FR→EN Archive.org version
Single Review, online available, Very Short, Date: 10/13/2009
Rating: performance: 80% mobility: 60%

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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip on Mobile Intel 945GM chipset. It is a faster clocked version of the GMA 900 and supports no hardware T&L (Transform & Lightning) accelleration (which is required for some games).

These graphics cards are not suited for Windows 3D games. Office and Internet surfing however is possible.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Atom: The Intel Atom series is a 64-Bit (not every model supports 64bit) microprocessor for cheap and small notebooks (so called netbooks), MIDs, or UMPCs. The speciality of the new architecture is the "in order" execution (instead of the usual and faster "out of order" execution). Therefore, the transistor count of the Atom series is much lower and, thus, cheaper to produce. Furthermore, the power consumption is very low. The performance per Megahertz is therfore worse than the old Pentium 3M (1,2 GHz on par with a 1.6 GHz Atom).

N280:

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

10.00":

The screen diagonal is used for small tablets.

Large display-sizes allow higher resolutions. So, details like letters are bigger. On the other hand, the power consumption is lower with small screen diagonals and the devices are smaller, more lightweight and cheaper.

1 kg:

Mainly, bigger-sized tablets and convertibles weigh as much.

MSI: Micro-Star International (MSI), is a Taiwan based computer hardware manufacturer since 1986 best known for desktop computer motherboards. MSI also designs and manufactures graphics cards, barebone PCs, notebook computers, networking products, servers, multimedia, consumer electronics, and storage devices. MSI, as most Taiwanese computer manufacturers, sells products on OEM/ODM basis. It also sells products worldwide based on its own brand name "MSI". The market share of laptops with the MSI brand is rather low.

MSI is not present in the smartphone market. As a laptop manufacturer, MSI has a medium market share and is not among the Top 10 global manufacturers. The ratings of MSI laptops are above average in the tests (as of 2016).

73.5%: This rating is bad. Most notebooks are better rated. This is not a recommendation for purchase.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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