MSI Wind U160 hands-on
By Joanna Stern 
posted January 5th 2010 7:33PM
posted January 5th 2010 7:33PM
We told you MSI was going to bring its Wind U160 to Vegas and we just some alone time with it. The design is obviously inspired by a Sony VAIO, with the glowing power light nestled in the hinge, though we wish they had mimicked Sony's matte lids -- the U160's glossy mocha-brown lid loves it some fingerprints. We're impressed with the thinness of the netbook and it felt pretty light in our hand. Unfortunately the chicklet keyboard doesn't feel as solid as the one on the Wind U135 and it's got some serious trampoline bounce. As for the internals, we've been told it will pack an 1.6GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a Windows 7 Starter-booting 250GB hard drive all for $399. It could be a decent netbook player if its six-cell battery produces some solid battery life. Hit the break for the video.
CES ATTACK! WHEN WILL THE INSANITY END?!?!?!
Great coverage guys.
@The Shadow Don't ever let it end :(
this looks cool and all but with the whole x100e.....
i think pretty much any netbook gets put to shame.
@(Unverified) he 10.1-inch netbook takes a page from the Sony Vaio playbook (or Toshiba Mini NB205) Thanks to the new CPU, the battery is expected to last for more than 10 hours, and pricing will start at about $350 .And engadget has this first from the entire world: http://bit.ly/msi-u160-wind-details
@inspectornugget
yes, but the cpu is still faster on the Tpad and it has an HD3200...
which is pretty damn good. I havent seen any benchmarks but i am hoping i can play company of heroes, or hl2 games on low graphics.
Sony hinge with an ASUS trackpad!
looks like they copied the touchpad idea from the Voodoo Envy 133...but this one looks like crap
I love how she mentions what ideas they stole and from what company
KIRF??
Try running OSX on it for me. and InsanelyWind.com as well.
@Mars478 Definitely Snowy Leopard the guides on Insanelywind.com ;)
why would anyone buy this for 400 when you get a much better notebook for 650?