MSI Wind U160-007US

Specifications

MSI Wind U160-007US (Wind U160 Series)

Processor

Intel Atom N450 1 x 1.7 GHz, Pinetrail

Graphics adapter

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150

Display

10.00 inch 10:6, 1024 x 600 pixel, glossy: yes

Weight

1.1 kg ( = 38.8 oz / 2.43 pounds) ( = 0 oz / 0 pounds)

Price

300 Euro

Links

MSI homepage
MSI notebook section

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Average Score: 69% - average
Average of 2 scores (from 2 reviews)

price: - %, performance: 80%, features: 70%, display: - % mobility: 90%, workmanship: - %, ergonomy: - %, emissions: - %

Reviews for the MSI Wind U160-007US

78% MSI Wind U160-007US
Source: CNet English

Archive.org version
Basic Netbooks are a fairly simple formula to pull off. Combine an Intel Atom 450 processor, 1GB of RAM, Windows 7 Starter, and a 250GB hard drive, and you've got any of an army of products from Asus, Acer, HP, and others. The basic-as-it-gets MSI Wind U160-007US is a leader in battery life, but shouldn't cost $80 more than comparable systems.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 05/18/2010
Rating: Total score: 78% performance: 80% features: 70% mobility: 90%

60% MSI Wind U160-007US
Source: PC Mag English

Archive.org version
Netbook manufacturers are finding it hard to offer netbooks with the kind of top-of-the-line components and features you see in its laptop brethren, especially when they're constrained by price. The MSI Wind U160-007US ($380 street) distinguishes itself with a big battery that delivered almost 9 hours of battery life. But other than that, this netbook doesn't stand out from the rest.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 05/17/2010
Rating: Total score: 60%

Comment

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150: Integrated (shared memory) graphics card in the intel Atom N4xx CPUs. Minimally faster than an old GMA 950 and therefore not suited for 3D games or HD videos (only MPEG2 acceleration).

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).

N450:

Intel Atom CPU for Netbooks with integrated memory controller and GMA 3150 GPU. The performance of the system should be only minimally faster than the previous Atom N280 / GMA 950 combination.

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

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