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About LinkBacksRead more.Just about everyone is looking to stake their claim in the ever-growing subnotebook market, and HEXUS takes a look at MSI's first attempt.
Read more.Just about everyone is looking to stake their claim in the ever-growing subnotebook market, and HEXUS takes a look at MSI's first attempt.
Whilst i largely agree with the review, i don't think the movement of Vista to UMPC's - or sub-notebooks as they're now being called - is a good thing. It is a desktop operating system, and as such is going to suffer if you put it down on a small system with a processor like that. It would be more appropriate to either stick with Linux - perhaps when Ubuntu lends itself more easily to it (as a user friendly package) - or to stick with XP, hardly on it's way out with MS pledging support for a good part of the next decade.
Also, i would personally prefer a small mechanical hard drive - perhaps like the 160GB ipod classic - than an SSD with such a small amount of disk space. Especially since reliable and fast SSD's are prohibitively expensive for a device like this. 4-16GB - even if it's expandable - really isn't enough for today's market. Vista alone will take a large chunk out of it, and if you're running vista then presumably you'll be loading other applications/media on there too. If anything the security that you've got more disk space is a good thing.
Otherwise, it looks like a nice package! Although i would just be tempted to buy a small laptop for that amount of money. Size is of course going to affect cost, but i think it's stupid that smaller, slower units cost more than the larger, faster and cheaper models.
Also, in regard to the battery life, this is going to change from review to review, but a lot of other reviewers have been quoting at least the same as the Eee, if not more - they seem to have got hold of a 6 cell battery, was hexus short changed here?
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...nd.aspx?page=4
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...si-wind-u100/1
isnt the PC World one a diff colour (a drab grey) or is the same white and just a crap picture?
From everything I've been reading about the battery situation, the problem arose from a fire in the factory that makes the 6 cell making availability very low. So they've decided to ship it with a 3 cell and you can buy the 6 later on(for which I hope they'll give a discount because of the delay).
I've ordered the advent flavour one from pcworld so should hopefully get it in a few days. Tried in the shop and they thought they may get some this week but not sure.
I did have a play with the one in the shop and compared it to the Eee series. The E series are too small for me(might as well use my htc kaiser) but this screen was useable and it was light as well. Should work perfectly with my web and walk plus plan I have with t-mobile(and I also get to use their hotspots for free).
It all comes down to what you want it for. I already have a 15" laptop which is a few years old(3gb pentium 4 with 1gb and xp) and it works great for me but is too big and heavy for a general walkabout net access pc so this will fit my needs perfectly.
It's not trying to do everything a laptop does and I think this is the problem people will have when looking at umpc's. They are expecting them to be smaller all singing, all dancing laptops, which they're not.
I do know everything, just not all at once. It's a virtual memory problem.
The one I saw in pc world was a glossy black one and looked really good.Originally Posted by Methanoid
I do know everything, just not all at once. It's a virtual memory problem.
My advent version is currently on the way to me and what won me over compared to the eee 901 is that i cant actually get one and it costs £60 less!!! And the keyboard is by all accounts much better
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The eee 900 can be got for around £280 now, am half tempted to get the linux version, and then shove XP on it. Butt was impressed with the advent Ilooked at in pcworld, hmmm decision, decisions.
Any good websites for details on installing XP on a 900??
try this
http://wiki.eeeuser.com/windowsxpusb
CHeers for that, its quiet a good site for info on the Wind as well. Seems to be al ot of people ditching the eee 900 for the advent.
Where? This isnt OCUK, you ARE allowed to tell us!
the one time i buy something on a whim...... a much better version comes out within a month or so
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that will always happen, and yet knowing that doesn't make it any better lol.the one time i buy something on a whim...... a much better version comes out within a month or so
I do know everything, just not all at once. It's a virtual memory problem.
http://www.calibex.co.uk/asus-eeepc/...0--search-htmlWhere? This isnt OCUK, you ARE allowed to tell us!
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Must admit I was looking at the Advent version myself, got an old advent laptop I bought for uni 5 - 6 years ago and its still going strong without a single problem. If I am flush in a month or so I may have one of the advent models.
Why isn't anyone talking about the Acer Aspire One? It is out on the 25th, has decent specs and the killer is that it has a sim card slot and a spare pci-express port for an HSDPA upgrade (due in Q4). It has the same sized keyboard as the wind, but the whole package is smaller than a wind, and it is very inexpensive as compared to the Eee 901. The only flaw that I can see is that it has a small battery, but they're releasing an upgrade to that in the coming months. Oh, and it doesn't have bluetooth..but that is easily fixed for £5 and one of those micro USB adapters, if you really need it.
I don't really see the use of these Netbooks without HSDPA. The price of HSDPA access is dirt cheap now and it is 1000x better than wi-fi if you live in a good 3G coverage area. I work in London and I find it a pain to find a working wi-fi AP, but with the HSDPA modem I never have to worry about it, and having it built-in would be perfect.
Try coming to newcastle where there are about three spots that are decent for 3G and the other 99% is a hit and miss affair. Down by the coast the 3G only works about 2 hours of the day and the rest of the time 3G won't be found :/
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