MSI Wind U120 gets spotted, examined in the wild

We've already seen a few shots of MSI's forthcoming Wind U120 netbook, but our pals at Engadget Chinese have now taken in one of its first public appearances and, naturally, they've provided plenty of pics for folks to dive into. That includes some close-up shots of the netbook's slightly revised port situation, some comparison shots with the non-two tone U100, and even another glimpse of that 9-cell battery we've already seen floating about. MSI also had it's full-fledged Bravo EX620 laptop on display, though it's a pretty safe bet that we won't be seeing it 'round these parts anytime soon.

[Thanks, Edward N]

[bill cant fart @ Nov 19th 2008 7:18PM]

It looks like someone beat it with a stick...

[rock99rock @ Nov 19th 2008 8:04PM]

I think thats what Donald meant by "spotted".

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 19th 2008 7:26PM]

I personally like the design of the U100 series more, it looks more cute and is more compact. Its one of my favorite netbook designs.

[Chin-Poh @ Nov 19th 2008 7:26PM]

And I'm saying "cute and compact" as a dude. : )

[Rollins @ Nov 19th 2008 7:37PM]

This looks too much like the Aspire One to me.

[KAIKAI @ Nov 19th 2008 9:13PM]

well if it wasnt 2 tone...:(
idk why i dont like 2 tone :(

[Bo @ Nov 19th 2008 7:28PM]

good luck trying to keep fingerprints off that bezel

[OCEAN 'CLAK' 20th @ Nov 19th 2008 7:29PM]

@chin-poh

agreed this is impressive

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 19th 2008 7:42PM]

The white keyboard and lower parts look plastic-y and cheap, and the piano black bezel is a real fingerprint magnet.

[maveric101 @ Nov 19th 2008 8:02PM]

when can i get like a 10" netbook with an efficient ARM processor?

[JohnTitor @ Nov 19th 2008 8:16PM]

when can you get a big mac at burger king?

[1234321 @ Nov 19th 2008 9:34PM]

I believe they are called Redfly's

[maveric101 @ Nov 19th 2008 10:07PM]

why are you making fun? with Ubuntu for ARM on the way, i don't see why that would be a ridiculous prospect. you get much better battery life and most applications would just have to be recompiled for ARM.

[1234321 @ Nov 20th 2008 4:26PM]

well the netbook term was coined by intel, and intel and ARM broke up with the sail of XScale
then you consider having to get a new version of the already limited Linux software, and that we don't really know how current ARM CPUs will stack against x86 ones performance wise

[digitallysick @ Nov 19th 2008 8:06PM]

Why does the 6 cell or 9 cell batteries have to stick out of the bottom instead of out of the back? I dont want my netbook on the back 2 inches higher than the front. I just dont see why it cant stick out the back and keep the bottom flush

[Fanfoot @ Nov 19th 2008 8:08PM]

Buy a Samsung NC10. The 6 cell battery doesn't stick out at all.

[Frostycomputers @ Jan 23rd 2009 2:08PM]

The height is actually not a big deal all except for maybe the 9 cell. The 6 cell really stickup ever so slightly its almost not noticable.

[Rotaryfan @ Nov 19th 2008 8:07PM]

even though it was a pointless comment, ocean FORGOT to put "i" before something. what does this mean?

Why update the wind to an exact clone of the old wind? it's not like it looks any better, although the screen seems a drop sharper and brighter.

[Valicore @ Nov 19th 2008 8:24PM]

Hilarious comment left on Engadget China and its Google translation:

Translation:

"It is clear that the first photo shoot is not working

After a supporting role in the subduction of the main readers want to see the two that were of no use to block the electric pen is the failure of the failure of the failure of failure!"

Original Chinese (traditional):

"第一張照片很顯然拍壞了

主體隱沒於配角之後 讀者想看的都被那兩台沒用的筆電擋住了 真是失敗 失敗 失敗中的失敗!"

[Risky @ Nov 19th 2008 9:14PM]

" The first picture shot very obviously is bad The main body is hidden after the supporting role the reader wanted to look has been blocked by that two useless pen electricity is really in the defeat defeat defeat's defeat! "

Fixed that for you. You'll need this fish in your ear.

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 19th 2008 9:47PM]

"defeat, defeat, defeat of defeats!"

I think that should say "Fail, fail, fail of fails!", just to put it in Engadget-English :)

[waterboy99troop @ Nov 19th 2008 9:52PM]

you guys both failed...

"The first picture is obviously badly shot.

the main object is hidden behind the supporter, the thing that the readers want to see was blocked by those two useless notebooks. truly fail, fail, epic fail!"

next time, get a native speaker... babelfish doesn't work as well as in h2g2...

[Neary @ Nov 19th 2008 9:45PM]

Anyone notice the underside picture? Both labels show U100 - Why?

[waterboy99troop @ Nov 19th 2008 9:51PM]

you guys both failed...

"The first picture is obviously badly shot.

the main object is hidden behind the supporter, the thing that the readers want to see was blocked by those two useless notebooks. truly fail, fail, epic fail!"

next time, get a native speaker... babelfish doesn't work as well as in h2g2...

[waterboy99troop @ Nov 19th 2008 9:54PM]

effing stupid comment system...

[lpppppl @ Nov 19th 2008 10:08PM]

there's nothing wrong with the comment system

[Valicore @ Nov 20th 2008 9:29AM]

I know that was a totally inaccurate translation from Google Translate and Babelfish, that's why it is so funny :P

[Pascal Mueller @ Nov 20th 2008 9:44AM]

where is the asian model?

[Jash Sayani @ Nov 20th 2008 12:54PM]

China is in Asia !!!

[m-p{3} @ Nov 20th 2008 11:13AM]

Looks good, but I don't see how it could be worth having an upgrade from the U100. If they fixed the fan issue (which begin to loosen and make noise with time), maybe it might be interesting.

[WiMAXian @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:12PM]

The Wind, an acronym for “Wi-Fi Network Device",but it will become "WiMAX Network Device". Wanna see video hands-on Wind U-120?, find the link at http://www.wimaxian.com/2008/11/23/msi-wind-u-120the-first-wimax-enabled-msi-netbook/