http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/ Engadget Comments for MSI starts shipping two 12.1-inch, AMD-powered Wind12 U230 netbooks http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/It's cheaper than the HP. I'm planning on picking one up in white in a few months, that is if they decide to actually release the white one to the states.]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
I currently have the MSI L2100 (pretty much exactly the same as the new U230, and the chassis is extremely solid. No unwanted flex anywhere, and the screen hinges are very strong. My only complaint is the keyboard, which could have been laid out better.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/ works twice as fast and half as hot with 4x the battery life.

intel > AMD]]>Mar 9th 2010 10:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_lookup.php?cpu=AMD+Athlon+Neo+MV-40

It's just slightly faster than a Celeron M 1.6ghz. Sad.]]>Mar 9th 2010 11:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
I'll take the MV40 over an atom]]>Mar 10th 2010 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
A Celeron 743 or dual Atom CPU (330, D510) run faster than the Neo MV-40.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
Since these things are rarely a main machine, they don't need something that can do actual work. Something light and portable is needed, and netbooks deliver in spades.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Yes, that's exactly my point. Netbooks are becoming less light and portable every day. It used to be you could get a small netbook with an 8" screen, weighing in at just over 2lbs. Nowadays you can hardly find a netbook with less than a 10" screen and this beast is 12" and almost 3 and a half pounds. It's not a netbook anymore.]]>Mar 10th 2010 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 9th 2010 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
Why would anyone want this? Shouldnt there be some kinda of ATI 5200m gpu by now?]]>Mar 9th 2010 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 2:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/May 18th 2010 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
The battery life's a bit crap, though it's offset by Intel ULV-like performance. My friend's U230 only lasts a little over 4 hours on Win7 Power Saver mode when surfing the net, but it's a tad quicker than even the Atom N330 nettops I've used. Even plays Modern Warfare 2 quite nicely at 1024x600, lowest settings and medium textures. ]]>Mar 10th 2010 5:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 6:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/topic.aspx/global/products/ltd/en/us/dhs/inspiron_14_DNDOUN2?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
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I'd rather buy a 13" Aspire Timeline.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 11th 2010 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/
AMD is seriously lagging Intel in terms of power-saving, reasonably powered processors for super-netbooks, and I don't like them foisting old chips with new labels on the market place - chips that are underpowered and DON'T save the battery.

But an even bigger joke than MSi offering new models with the single core Neo is Lenovo, supposedly a premium maker, doing the same.]]>Mar 10th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/Mar 10th 2010 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/msi-starts-shipping-two-12-1-inch-amd-powered-wind12-u230-netbo/(http://www.call-o-call.com/msi/battery_power.jpg). You can see that
CPU loaded on 100% but it still work on 800Mhz.
According MSI "maximum clock of 800MHz @ Battery Mode"!!! It is slow as 10 years old computer!!! You can't watch video on battery because CPU to slow and AMD chipset don't support acceleration for many video codecs (like WMV9, DIVX). Better take netbook with Atom CPU and ION chipset because it can use full power on battery and required much less power for that.]]>Mar 31st 2010 11:35AM