MSI's 10-inch Wind U100 falls to $349 at Best Buy
By Darren Murph 
posted Nov 5th 2008 7:29AM
posted Nov 5th 2008 7:29AM
[Via Wired]
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Is that with Windows? If so, I'll grab the linux version for even more incredible savings.
And, more SSD space if they do what eeepc is doing between the linux and windows versions.
msi doesn't have a "linux" version :( or i'd get one too o.O
$300 is the sweetspot for me. All these netbooks should be no more than $300.
I need about tree fity.
nope.. not low enough to turn me off the linux version of the HP Mini...
I say give it to me for free so I can right a review on it...I'll give it back...promise ;)
If you can't even spell "right" I don't think so...
$349 is not $199...
keep that price cuts coming...
I for one, welcome our sub $200 netbook....
It's not an apple either. Shouldn't you be complaining about that?
You know who I think will be really pleased with this price? That DAMN LOCHNESS MONSTER! I told you already monster, I don't have no damn tree-fitty!
You can easily install OSX on a wind... Then with a few decals and logo-stripping turn this baby into a one of a kind AppleTop!
That actually sounds like an interesting project. I'd love to triple boot Linux, Mac and "Wind"-ows on this. :)
I agree with $199. I only want one of these to fulfill my childhood fantasies of having a tiny spy laptop of doom to carry in my pocket. That said, the Iphone is pretty freaking close.....and it was 199 with a contract (I think. Maybe it was 299, it's been a few months).
It's the HP Mini for me. (the Linux version.) The keyboard alone is worth a little more money.
If you configure the hp mini to the same specs as the wind, you get a 60gb hard drive instead of a 120 with pretty much everything else the same, and it will cost you $175 more.
Ill take the wind! besides, I like the white wind.
And in Germany it's still 370€ :( Why?!
its 500€ in turkey :/
thats cheap. . good nice. aleast people can buy ..
I just hope NOKIA hurry and create there IPhone equivalent fast. Apple the technological tyranny who's Steve tyrant Jobs places the interests of his small oligarchy over the best interests of the general population to produce purpose crippled consumer goods that only serve to spread anguish and discontent among the masses. To hell with Apple and Long live the cloners who can put right the shortcomings.
Hopefully NOKIA or whoever will create a multi touch enabled device that has all the features 'you should expect' from a phone. not a gimmicky toy with a flashy UI which is all the IPhone really is.
Apples foray into the business world is nothing short of a JOKE!!!!!!!, what when just to send my IPhone created expense report back to my desktop machine I have to send it via email to a non-trusted 3rd party server (they then perhaps steel my details, nice) only to round trip in plain text back to my machine over the internet. Grab me a sick bag fast! F@?K apple. Common NOKIA A$$ F@?K em now, destroy apple... but hire there designers!!
I judge you when you use bad grammar. There|They're|Their
I leave it to you to find your mistake.
^^^^ this is a big post of HURT... ^^^
Time to visit your psychologist and get some advice about your serious anger and frustration issues.
where is the 6 cell version?
It got left behind. It was too heavy.
It's probably still being sold at regular price, or around $450 or something. If you lower the price of one unit, you need to lower the price of the others so that the price differences still make sense.
I still don't get why people want netbooks. The screen is too small to be productive on, and if its just for checking email (which you can only do at Wi-Fi hotspots - the vast majority of netbooks don't have 3g/other network support) then why not spring for a bigger laptop you can actually use?
A lot of people have a desktop for productivity, and a netbook for mobility. The netbook is cheaper, smaller, and lighter than a notebook. It just depends on how much you want to spend, and how much you want to drag around with you, and of course what you really use it for.
It's a cheap way to get portable entertainment, some internet browsing, email, and light gaming for cheap with a bigger screen than you would find on your cell phone.
Damn you MSI, trying to get my tree-fitty....
So the specs say x3100 graphics. Dose anyone have one of these to verify this?
Thanks
The one I used to have (sold on ebay yesterday for $530) had the Intel GMA950. I'd suspect this one does too. As a matter of fact, I don't think there are any netbooks that have anything other than the GMA950 except that Asus N10J (nVidia 9300).
I need it to be lower. There are other's out there at that price already.....
$300 is where it's at. Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if there were last minute pre-holiday deals around $279-289 after $50 rebate.
An intel dual core atom wiht a AMD 790GX chipest (integrated video from ATI) will be my netbook dream machine
The price cut oh saavy engadget readers is because they want to sell every last one of the first gen U100's before they release the U120. So please Go. Bai. Now! TYVM so i can get my HSDPA 6cell U120 sooner. k thx.
Picked up an Acer Aspire One a couple of months ago at Best Buy for this same price. The Wind was $500 back then, so it was no contest. Maximum PC's current issue has reviews of these two plus one of the EeePC's. They picked the Aspire One, but one of the main reasons was the $150 price difference. Otherwise, they thought those two were pretty close (Wind has a bigger screen, though).
Love my Aspire One, but probably would have got the MSI Wind had it been $350 back then.
Yes the price is now $349, however, I was lucky enough to get one at $379.99 a few weeks ago before they REMOVED THE BLUETOOTH CHIP! This version has no bluetooth adapter, and according to site specs, no Gigabit ethernet port anymore either. While I doubt the loss of gigabit, the bluetooth loss makes it that much more difficult to connect to this netbook, requiring more spending for those that want a fully spec'd netbook.
I'd prefer mine with internal bluetooth than one where I have to buy yet ANOTHER adapter.
Whew, tempting. I ordered a Dell Mini 9 on 10/24 and I'm still waiting for it. $350 is certainly much cheaper than the $500 I spent...
Running leopard on mine, love it, this is a steal of a deal
You know with the 25% live cash back, you can pick one up off ebay for $299.
but will it run Mojave?
6 cell battery and we are talking
6-cell battery please.
Funny.. yesterday it was listed as having the 6-cell. Now today it says 3.
I picked one up yesterday. truns out it's the with the crappy wifi card, non scrolling touchpad and no bluetooth. after tax and everything, I'd feel liek i should have spent the extra 100 bucks and got the good off newegg
I think $249-$299 is the new range for the run-of-the-mill netbook now.
$399-$499 should be the price of a dual core atom nextgen netbooks
Nothing should ever top $500
I got an Acer Aspire One, the 1GB/120GB version, for $250 from Best Buy, thanks to a promotion. Kind of hard to beat $250. This month I'm going to get moving and put OS X on it, for sure. It doesn't support sleep, but I've read that it can be made to boot up in under a minute...
Wind u-100 or Aspire One or Eee pC 1000h