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MSI
Wind Netbook beats new Asus Eee PCs |
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Posted on 10:00
9m PST June 15 2008 |
Tomorrow, June
16th the MSI Wind U100 netbook is going on sale. From what I
have gathered so far the MSI Wind is giving the latest Asus
Eee generation (Asus Eee 901 and Asus Eee 1000) a run for
the money.
I was dissapointed when I saw the price of the
 Asus
Eee PC 901. The Asus Eee 901 will sell for $599. The MSI
Wind with Windows XP will sell for only $499, which I think
is a fair price for what you get.
On top of the lower price, the MSI Wind beats the Asus Eee
901 in terms of screen-size and storage capacity. The MSI
Wind has a 10 inch LED backlit screen and a 80GB HDD. The
Asus Eee PC 901 has an 8.9 inch screen and 12GB SSD (XP).
Now you might think the solid state disk is the killer
advantage over the MSI Wind in terms of boot time and app
load time. According to
Laptop Magazine the boot time of the MSI Wind is
actually faster than on the Asus Eee PC 901. They also
tested swapping the MSI Wind HDD with a SSD, but the
performance did not increase.
At this point in time, I suggest buying the MSI Wind instead
of the Asus Eee. Asus needs to price the Asus Eee PC 901
lower than the MSI Wind to compete. The 10 inch Asus Eee PC
1000 with the HDD is supposedly going to sell for $649. This
model would actually directly compete with the MSI Wind, but
the price is just way too high.
Asus created the netbook category with the first generation
of the Eee PCs. If they are not careful they will loose
their current dominance very quickly. The market will get
very crowded now, only the MSI Wind is currently managing to
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