MSI Wind

MooseJam

I bought this a few months ago from Laptopsdirect, Its got a 10.1 inch screen so its a lot better for browsing the web and what not than the 9 inch ones, it's black and looks cool, it's whisper quiet, it's got a intel atom 1.6 ghz and I have to say I'm very impressed with it, it actually boots way way faster than my quad core vista PC lol, 60 gig hd is plenty too
I got the ram upgraded to 2 gigs when I bought it, it's running XP,
All I use it for is web browsing and watching divx/xvid movies and for that it's brilliant, absolutely nothing wrong with this machine, it's the best laptop I've owned and i've gone through a lot of them

the size is great too. it's so light, very easy to use in bed
I highly recommend an MSI Wind, they are brill !

Alanstrainor

What an odd thread. I would agree though, it's a great bit of kit. It's let down by it's battery life though, i get about 2 hours out of mine:(. Although i did just order a 6 cell battery off dealextreme, so i'll see how that goes.
If i was recommending a netbook to anyone i'd tell them to get a samsung nc10. Same spec as the msi, but better battery life. Granted the msi wind has the ability to overclock (i quite like that bit) and imo it has a better trackpad.

Woden

typing this on a asus eee (can barely remember the model number or exactly when i bought it) 10inch, 80gb, 1gb ram, xp 1.6ghz atom and the 6 cell battery. fantastic purchase do a good bit of flying and its great for travelling.

Friend of mine showed me a samsung nc10 she had just purchased there yesterday looks like a nice piece of kit also.

MooseJam

Alanstrainor wrote: »

It's let down by it's battery life though

Didn't know that, I always have mine plugged in

Southill

I have an advent 4211 netbook it is an msi wind but with a better battery life google it, it says msi wind on the end and all they are the same i love the keyboard and dont mind that its xp i just download themes off wincustomize.com:D:)

AlmightyCushion

I have the 4211 as well. Fantastic machine. So glad I bought it.

Ghost Train

I have a lenovo x60s, great laptop, typing on it now

odd thread indeed

Run_to_da_hills

Alanstrainor wrote: »

What an odd thread. I would agree though, it's a great bit of kit. It's let down by it's battery life though, i get about 2 hours out of mine:(. Although i did just order a 6 cell battery off dealextreme, so i'll see how that goes.
If i was recommending a netbook to anyone i'd tell them to get a samsung nc10. Same spec as the msi, but better battery life. Granted the msi wind has the ability to overclock (i quite like that bit) and imo it has a better trackpad.

I bought a pattern 6 cell extended battery for my 901 and it lasted about 6 months. :mad:

I would be cautious about purchasing non genuine accessories for any of these models on Ebay.

Alanstrainor

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I bought a pattern 6 cell extended battery for my 901 and it lasted about 6 months. :mad:

I would be cautious about purchasing non genuine accessories for any of these models on Ebay.

Dang it....here's hoping it lasts a little longer than that...

Run_to_da_hills

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Dang it....here's hoping it lasts a little longer than that...

Not the only thing, the spurious DC Car adapter for the same laptop from the same supplier is also binned. :mad:

The Battery that comes standard with the 901 is good enough, 4 hours usual. Presume the wind is the same, both run on 1.6 Atom chipsets and use XP, If im using the 3 mobile pendrive battery power drains quicker, (Ever feel the heat off these things?)

foggy_lad

i'm getting about 7.5hours from my samsung nc10 battery, it is great and so much lighter than my 15.4inch screen acer laptop.

hint: take the battery out when it is charged up when using the power cable and your battery will last longer.