MSI's 8.9-inch Wind U90 in the flesh, Linux version shipping for 339 Euro
By Paul Miller 
posted August 31st 2008 7:26AM
posted August 31st 2008 7:26AM
posted August 31st 2008 7:26AM
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First Loser, thank you thank you.
thankyou....i'll take that
Why bother with a smaller screen in a 10" chasis? Waste of time if you ask me.....
Looks like it came from the '82.
The AAO is still number one in the categorie until Lenovo and Dell decide to show up to the party.
Yet when HP did it, everyone was raving about it...
The advantages are presumably its going to cost less and the keyboard is bigger and therefore easier to type with..
Thats Right..............Useless...!!!
@Phil: agree
In Oz the U90 is around 15% cheaper ~$100 .. also marginally lighter and better battery life for the same resolution. Identical to the U100 apart from the screen size.
It means they don't have to make much extra investment to produce a smaller, cheaper model. Shrinking the whole machine (which may come down the line) would've required a whole new case, motherboard, keyboard etc. etc. and dramatically increased costs compared to the derivative product.
c'mon msi...why not just drop the price on the 10 inch one ????
Suse sounds sweet on it !
At Germany's biggest warehouse company the Wind U90 is already available for immediate delivery ("sofort lieferbar"):
http://www.karstadt.de/produktAnzeigen.do?pfad=2974+880505+873827&pid=3274798
sorry but why SUSE? haven't they pretty much done a deal with Microsoft?
good way to get away from Microsoft, move to a linux distro which is endorsed by them
I hear good things about the MSI Wind...this seems like the model to beat though.
I'm glad they're putting linux on these...that said, if I buy one of these netbooks Ubuntu's going on it faster than you can list all of the different EeePC models
If theres one thing I hate it's when people refer to prices in € as 'Euro'. 339 Euro, no..try 339 Euros
Well, no. In europe Euro is used as the plural form.
see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro
@ aard Well actually; if you read the entry "The European Commission Directorate-General for Translation's English Style Guide (A handbook for authors and translators in the European Commission) states: "Like ‘pound’, ‘dollar’ or any other currency name in English, the word ‘euro’ is written in lower case with no initial capital and, where appropriate, takes the plural ‘s’ (as does ‘cent’): This book costs ten euros and fifty cents."[10]"
Thats really well done aard...all you did is back up exactly what I wrote in the first place. Top draw fella.
Mikey:
You're so ignorant. First, "Euro" is plural already; second, many European languages don't work like English does, and saying in a manner to YOUR liking is not compatible with the local language's grammatical rules.
Suck it up!
The nine inch screen is fine with me. It is plenty big and should save some power (backlight) and money while keeping the larger keyboard. I would be quite happy with Suse linux. If they would only sell this model in the US.
You must be quite new here....Tool.
ubuntu is better i guess.. .
Careful with the Linux console. If you sudo something that you don't understand you might break your Wind. ehehehe
OMG! YOU ARE SO ORIGINAL! THIS IS NEW AN REFRESHING! NO ONE HAS EVER MADE A "BREAK WIND" JOKE ABOUT THIS MACHINE BEFORE!
But seriously...
Any ideas on ASUS N10. Config ? Processor/RAM.
When is it shipping ?
I don't get it. We have here in Russia u90 right in stores, go and buy. What's the trick?)
Oh ...*those* u90s? They were the prototype batch. They"ll be just fine ... honest!
in Russia, MSI Wind buys you!
Damn.. that one didn't make since... I'll be waiting wazd...
Hey wazd, Australia has them too.
I bought one 2 weeks ago in Sydney. It is an XP Home flavour.
Had a choice of white or black. Only has the 3-cell battery option though.
"Might have a winner here." Yeah, for you engadget, but what about the rest of us.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/15/msi-winds-said-to-be-shipping-without-synaptic-touchpads/
I love my U100 Wind. Its the perfect compromise between size, weight, and usability.
Me too, but the hinge still scares me. I hope it doesn't break. I wish it wasn't so flimsy-seeming.
I don't like how it shakes. I wish it were more like the Eee's.
Otherwise, yes, it's a great netbook (perhaps the best one yet).
I love how quiet it is and how cool it stays.
What Linux Operating system Is It Running ?
I Don't Know Why Don't You Read The Article???
Was this the best picture you can get? I'm not sure anything is in focus.
I can add that in Russia U90 with SUSE and 512 RAM is being sold for 9990 Rubles (retail price) which is equal to 282 Euro - way less than 339. I bought one a few days ago and I'm quite happy, although I was disappointed with SUSE and very easily replaced it with Win XP SP3.
@ babbaganush. Yes, my U90 Wind has the Sentilic touchpad.
Well, I'm assuming it's not the Synaptic one seeing as the Synaptic icon in the system tray just provides error messages when you right-click.
Having said that, without a Synaptic one to compare to, I don't have any real issues with the one I ended up with. The mouse moves, it taps just fine etc and if I had not have read the previous Engadget articles on the matter I wouldn't have given it a second thought (except for wondering about the system tray icon that doesn't "work").
With regards to price, the retailer I bought it from is charging AUD$500 (about USD$430 or EU$290). This is from a bricks and mortar store (albeit one of the cheapest I know).
Internal specs on my unit are; 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, Atom N270 (1.6Ghz), XP Home.
Does it has Bluetooth?How about U100?
if the Wii pricing is any criterion, the US pricing would be $339......
@ Vincent.
It wasn't something I needed so didn't look at this aspect until now.
My U90 has a Bluetooth Manager with a whole bunch of different settings you can play with.
But....
it appears you need a "bluetooth device" to plug into the computer before you can use Bluetooth (that is, there is no onboard BT chip).
I guess it was nice of them to pre-install the software just in case your 3rd party hardware didn't come with any of it's own......
U100 has bluetooth built-in.
MSI wind U90 in Canada. $26.00 for shipping to US.
http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=111114857&vpn=U90X%2D005CA&manufacture=MSI