12-inch MSI U200 thin-and-light appears a day early?
By Thomas Ricker 
posted May 13th 2009 9:23AM
posted May 13th 2009 9:23AM
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make it $500 and give it a 6 cell and release with 7.
you just got a new customer!
Two.
Three. No doubt....
I'll buy 2!
Thanks for calling this what it is. A laptop.
Question: when will VGA die? We've had the likes of DVI for years now and even HDMI is pretty standard now. Isn't it time for the VGA port to join the parallel and serial ports in the great Halls of Tech History?
Isn't VGA still used on projectors?
televisions too, but i agree with Kelmon. Why not just keep it digital already?
It's still in transition folks. As pointed out, the primary input of most projectors out there is still VGA (or rather 15-pin d-sub), with practically all multimedia projectors supporting it. As for the number of projectors supporting HDMI, DVI, or displaylink, there aren't really that many *in use* today. The thing about notebooks (and netbooks) is that their display port is -mostly- going to be used to connect to projectors for presentations, not monitors, and not TVs, so it actually makes more sense to have a d-sub connector.
If they really wanted to span both worlds, they could make it DVI, since DVI has pinouts for old VGA (with a cheap adapter) and can be easily make into HDMI (again, with a simple adapter). But DVI's connector is too bulky for notebooks/netbooks, so it's usually either HDMI or d-sub.
Kind of missing the point unless they put a bigger battery in this thing. Then I'll be interested.
Do you mean x4500? Or did nvidia release an even worse integrated chip?
Can these CULV machines handle hulu or youtube?
Yes they can. no performance issue there.
I can haz 6-cell battery?
6-cell batteries should be a standard.I'm really getting interested, but I just upgraded my desktop recently. I guess I'll wait and see what new comes into the market for some time.
Does anyone know if you can put OSX on this?
I think once you get to 12", it should include an optical drive, or at least one that's swappable for extra battery, HDD, etc. The Vaio TZ shows that adding an optical drive to a small ultralite can be done (but at a Sony price).
Is 1366 x 768 too high a resolution for a 10'' display? What about a 11'' display? If not, why do we even need a 12'' display if it's still gonna be 1366 x 768?
@canuck maybe they can like include a thin dvd drive standard and as an option(for a cost) give a blu-ray drive? I would also think once Sony moves to the CULV chip for the newer TT the price may go down a little?
This looks definitely better than the HP DV2 performance wise(except maybe on the gfx side), and the price is about the same too. If this came in an 11in model with the same specs and a slightly smaller size I would for sure get one. The atom chip isn't really cutting it and the glossy screen is more of a hassle that a nicety. I guess I may have to wait for Lenovo to update their U110 to use the CULV chip or wait for another price drop on it.
Also, wouldn't the 4500hd chip be better as it offers better hd blu-ray support?
2GB of memory and integrated video card for 700 bucks?? no thanks..