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Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

barristers chambers — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:17:13 -0000

Excellent post - very informative and more importantly accurate. You raise a interesting point so i'd be interested to hear other peoples response.

Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

LSU Tigers Hat — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:25:40 -0000

The U90 features the same comfortable keyboard found in the 10 inch Wind thanks to the fact that the U90 utilizes the same chassis as the older 10 inch brother. Unfortunately LaptopMag wasn’t thrilled with the inclusion of the SUSE Linux OS.

Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

Cigarette Electronique — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:30:19 -0000

in many ways the little brother to the original Wind U100 which was a 10 inch netbook. The U90 features:

* Intel Atom N270 processor
* Windows XP Home OS
* 8.9 inch widescreen 1024 x 600 display
* Built-in stereo speakers

Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

Claus GRomo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:57:59 -0000

Ed r u the NL guy once lived at Meinz??

Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

Edwin Groot — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:56:45 -0000

The Linux issues are not a big deal with me, as I have been using it for years on destops and notebooks. However, I agree that the SLED distribution on the U90x was not optimized for this small screen. Take one of the Eee PCs, and you will find a Linux customized so that it appeals to those unfamiliar with Linux.
I bought the U90x because it had the best keyboard of all the netbooks that I had tried out. It was also a bargain price. I suppose that the retailers are trying to move out a slow-selling item...
This is the first time I have used a Gnome desktop and I really love to show it off to others (I am a desktop-minimalist on my other Linux systems). Changing to the next virtual desktop is like flipping a cube, an animation that turns a lot of heads. It also has the OS X-like tiling of window images, so that I can sort out what running application I have on my desktop - another eye-catching animation.
I don't see how installing Ubuntu would help the matching of applications to the small screen size.

Edwin

Re: LaptopMag reviews the 9 inch MSI Wind U90X

Anthony — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:59:15 -0000

I recently bought the msi wind laptop for my daughter. Here is a

Nice hardware specs:
Keyboard feels solid and not too cramped
screen is clean and readable
120 GB HD
Fairly snappy response
1.3 Megapixel camera, mic
Price was a great - approximately $240 USD
Full Suse Enterprise – an enterprise ready operating system
Pink case

The Bad:
The software is not at all customized for the small screen or the device
Compiz on such a small computer? It takes a lot of the limited ram
Asking for a Root password?
Who would know what that is?
Mount/Unmount USB devices? How about simply remove?
The software is not really good for a kid or a newbie
Hard to find software to instal
Upgrading the RAM negates the warrenty!
Speakers are not loud enough
No software for recording video included out of the box
tomboy sucks resources
power cord is too large and chunky for such a small laptop

Conclusion: MSI needs to customize Suse a bit for the small screen or maybe go with ubuntu.
Other few small quirks need to be smoothed out. But otherwise I am very happy to have bought my first linux based laptop.