I took Windows 7 (the Ultimate version) for a test ride on my MSI Wind, mostly to compare it with the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix, which, as is seen beneath this post, gave me a fair slew of trouble.I’ve participated in the Windows 7 open beta, and had both the early beta builds and the subsequent release candidate on the MSI Wind. Since that was ‘ye olden days’, before I decided I wanted Linux on both my home box and in my backpack, I don’t really remember how well those did (although I do recall a sleek-looking and rather snappy system).  Long story short – I’ve decided to see how well the polished, final version will do. Let’s take it from the top.

Battery life. To my dismay, UNR only squeezed an average three hours, twenty minutes out of my six cell. Seven reports, rather accurately, full four hours to completely drain the cells.

Performance. As I have mentioned previously, I wasn’t too fond of UNR’s performance after disabling the KMS. Although I can’t really compare the two – since my comparison is usually based on how the browser does, and it’d be Firefox 3.5 vs Chrome 3.0 here – I believe that although Seven operates slightly faster, UNR took less time to load the login screen.

Device support. Try as I might, I never got 9.10 to recognize Wind’s built-in camera and microphone. Since I use Skype a lot, that’s really important for me. Seven had it supported ever since the second beta, so no trouble there. Also, the performance of my external optical drive was spotty at best with UNR, it works fine with Seven – I don’t really comprehend the cause of this.

I deeply love Ubuntu, and when I find my 9.04 version CD again, I’ll probably go back to it in a flash. But when comparing Seven and UNR 9.10 – Seven wins so far. If I encounter anything disqualifying, I’ll report back.

Edit: I’ve removed the Launcher from run-at-startup programs and rebooted, which solved most of my problems – although some more graphically demanding tasks, such as watching a movie off YouTube, cause way more hiccups than I’d like. Also, the flickering isn’t gone entirely – I might elaborate on that one once I discover a pattern to it.

After having used Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 for a long time on my ultraportable (an MSI U-100, or “Wind”), I’ve decided it was time to give the 9.10 a spin. I’ve successfully upgraded my home box from 9.04 to 9.10 about a day after it was released no problem, so I figured this will be a painless operation as well.

I hate being wrong.

Okay, let’s stop here for a minute. Before you decide to drop me a hatemail saying that Ubuntu is a great distro and everyone who doesn’t like it is probably an encyclopadedophiliac (go look it up) – don’t. I love Ubuntu, and have been using it for years now. But there’s just a bone I need to pick with Canonical. Right now.

Immediately after the installation disc (or thumbdrive, to be exact) booted, the screen started flickering. Constantly. The brightness went up, and down, and up, and down. Upon completing my install and connecting to my home WiFi, I looked it up – Canonical’s take on this is “oh well, it happens”, apparently. Okay, I’m a Linux geek, I never expect it to work out of the box – I adhered to the recommendation there, rebooted, awesome – no flickering.

The sad thing is, that adding this particular option to grub2 fixed my brightness control – at the cost of making the launcher (which I personally don’t love too much, but didn’t get around to disabling on this install yet) terribly laggy and slow. Now, even if I _wanted_ to turn the launcher off, I’d have to choose the appropriate settings screen from – you guessed it – the launcher, and even though I can navigate the menus somehow – at the cost of many profanities and a shaken mental stability – I can’t seem to find the option for it. I’m beginning to think it’s forced in this version.

I love UNR for it’s great way of extending battery life on my MSI, but this cannot go on. I apologize for the random rambling, but I needed to vent some steam – if it helps you (while deciding or otherwise) at all, be sure to drop me a note.

netbook si laptop mini

laptop yang berukuran kecil dan ringan (light) lagi booming sekarang ini.
istilah lain dari laptop mini ini adalah Laptop Kecil, Mini-notebook, UMPC, MID, Subnotebook, Netbook.
berkembangnya laptop mini diawali semenjak ada OLPC dan terutama setelah boomingnya Asus Eee, ternyata harga notebook/laptop yang murah bisa laku keras.
perusahaan-perusahaan komputer dunia akhirnya berlomba-lomba menjaring pasar dengan mengeluarkan produk semacam itu.
mulai dari Sony, IBM, Acer, lenovo, HP, fujitsu, Toshiba, Samsung.
perusahaan lokal pun juga tak mau kalah semacam axioo, advan, dan Everex.
apa yang menjadi daya tarik Netbook sehingga banayak diburu konsumen?

1.minimalis dengan ukuran yang cukup kecil (LCD 10 inch atau kurang dan bobotnya dibawah 1 kg)
2.mobile cocok untuk dibawa kemana-mana termasuk bepergian keluar kota.
3.konektifitas biasanya dibuat cukup lengkap. akses Wi-fi, bluetooth, Card reader, web camera dan USB.
4.irit daya listrik (jika menggunakan baterai bisa digunakan antara 3 sampai 6 jam)
kalau digunakan untuk main di hotspot bisa agak lama,
5.harga cukup ekonomis (berkisar antara 3 sampai 6 juta rupiah)

untuk info yang lebih detail tentang spesifikasi, kelebihan dan kekurangan netbook anda bisa mengikuti review beberapa Netbook di link berikut ini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks
http://blog.laptopmag.com/low-cost-laptop-cheat-sheet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_subnotebooks
http://www.umpcportal.com/products/

dalam posting saya kali ini hanya membahas beberapa Netbook yang cukup diperhitungkan yaitu

1. MSI Wind (ada kemiripan dengan Axioo Pico, Forsa)

Spesifikasi: 1.6 GHz Intel Atom, 10 inch (1024×600), chipset Intel 945GMS, 80 GB SATA, WLAN b/g, Webcam 1,3 MP, 3-cell 2200 mAh (2.5 hours)/6-cell 5200 mAh (5.5 hours), 1.04/1.18 kg, OS: Linux (RAM 512 MB DDR2) /Windows XP (RAM 1GB +Bluetooth).

Harga MSI Wind di UK: $620 (Linux)/$678 (Windows XP), Harga di US: $399 (SuSE Linux)/$499 (Windows XP)

Harga Axioo Pico: 4 jutaan (juli 2008)

2. Acer Aspire One

Spesifikasi: Intel Centrino Atom Single Core N270 1.6 GHz, 8,9 inch LCD (1024×600), SSD 4GB/8GB/HDD 80GB, RAM 512 MB, WLAN b/g, Webcam, Ethernet port, 3 USB port, Card reader, Audio, VGA out, 3-cell/6-cell Li-ion, 0,98 kg, OS: Windows XP/Linpus Linux Lite

3. ECS G10IL

Notebook dengan koneksi HSDPA, Intel Atom 1.6GHz, Layar 8.9 inch, RAM 1GB, Intel GMA 950, 3 USB port, Ethernet, RJ-11, card reader, 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth

4. Toshiba NB100

layar 8.9 inch Widescreen (1024×600), Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz), RAM 1GB, HDD 120GB, WLAN 802.11b/g, 3 USB 2.0, Webcam 1.3MP

Harga: $470

5. Lenovo S9 & S10 Ideapad

layar 8.9 inch (S9)/ 10 inch (S10), Windows XP, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270, RAM512MB+HDD80GB/RAM1GB+HDD160GB, 1.3MP Webcam, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 4-in-1 card reader.

OS X Daily has confirmed the reports of the dropping of Intel’s Atom processor support in the OS X 10.6.2 update that was released yesterday.  There has been a great deal of speculation whether or not Apple would make this move, and this information confirms the rumors.

If you have a Hackintosh Netbook, you will want to refrain from updating to 10.6.2.  This release officially disables Atom support.  Posts among many netbook forums are riddled with problems of 10.6.2 instant rebooting their Atom based netbooks.

MSI Wind Hackintosh

Quando os primeiros Mobos chegaram ao mercado a euforia foi muito grande.

Depois lançaram o Wind/Mobo W. Ai a euforia foi maior ainda..

Comprei o meu em março, tive de rodar varias lojas porque não se achava o micrinho para vender.

Consegui reservar num Ponto Frio a ultima peça da loja e ainda tive de comprar a versão mais cara (1080).

Porem a impressão que eu tenho é que fogo apagou… outras marcas foram lançadas, muitas melhores, e o simpático Wind/Positivo ficou abandonado nas lojas…

Eu sempre o considerei um pouco caro…. a versão 1080 custava quase R$ 1.700,00!

Os fóruns especializados neles estão quase abandonados, bem fraco o movimento, quase parando, o numero de usuários não cresceu, pelo contrario, muitos dos que compraram a maquina a venderam meses depois…

Vários fóruns americanos estão fora do ar, ou pararam de ser atualizados.

Eu mesmo me surpreendi demais ao entrar hoje no site da MSI Wind e ver que a empresa respeita seus consumidores e ela colocou uma serie de novos drivers especiais para Windows 7 e ainda uma nova versão de bios para teclado em português brasileiro com melhorias para o Seven.

Msi cresce muito em meu conceito de respeito ao consumidor..

Enquanto a Positivo, ainda tem disponíveis para download os drivers para Windows XP (a 1 ano atrás exatamente). Vergonhoso. Vou vender minhas ações da Positivo ainda hoje..

Se você tem um MSI Wind ou Positivo Mobo White corra, entre no site da msi, baixe o arquivo e atualize seu pequeno branco.

Eu fiquei absolutamente fã do modelo de netbook pela portabilidade e facilidade de uso. Hoje em meu mobo esta instalado o Windows 7 rodando perfeitamente quase como um desktop ou notebook de verdade.

Não me imagino comprando outro notebook, certamente a substituição de meu MOBO White será outro netbook.

Les habia comentado sobre Moblin 2.0 en algún post anterior, bueno ya es oficial el lanzamiento de la distribución dirigida a netbooks y nettops con procesador Atom, hablamos de Moblin 2.0.

Esta distribución de linux fundada por Intel (otra empresa de la que ya hemos hablado), ahora viene con The Moblin Garage, una especie de appstore para ordenadores, ya que los softwares libres es un poco más complicado de encontrarlos, por lo tanto este sistema que debes descargar por internet facilita el proceso de busqueda de la aplicación que necesitas.

Bueno si pretendes descargar este SO debes tener presente que solo se ha probado en: Acer Aspire One, Asus EeePC 901, 1000 y 1000H, Dell Inspiron 910, MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10 y HP Mini 1010 y 1120NR (pero en estos ultimos no funciona el wifi), una lastima por que justamente estoy posteando desde uno de estos modelos y pretendia probar este SO.

Por último se comunico además el lanzamiento preview de Moblin 2.1 para probar su desempeño.

Bueno eso es todo, comente sobre esto y nos vemos, bye!!!

Vía: Bitelia

Az MSI Wind12 U210 notebook olcsó alternatívát kínál a netbook -pl.:MSI Wind U100- kínálattal szemben Vagyis ha fontos a képernyőméret, de nem szeretnénk egy vagyont elkölteni egy gépre, akkor ez a notebook erősen ajánlott, ha feltűnik a hazai piacon.

MSI Wind12 U210 notebook – Tulajdonságok

• 1.6-GHz AMD Athlon X2 Neo MV-40 alacsony energiaigényű processzor
• Minimum 2GB, és maximum 8 GB-ig bővíthető RAM memória
• Windows Vista Home Premium (32-bit) rendszer
• 250GB, 5400 rpm merevlemez terület
• 12,1 colos, 1366×768 felbontású kijelző
• HDMI csatlakozás
• HD webkamera
• Kényelmes billentyűzet
• WiFi

MSI Wind12 U210 notebook – Hátrányok
Alapvetően az alacsony árért cserében egy elég színvonalas notebook jár az MSI Wind 12 U210 notebook esetében, de minden képpen szólnunk kell a hátrányokról is:

• Nincs optikai meghajtó
• Bekapcsolás után nehezen áll fel a rendszer – ez egyébként orvosolható úgy, hogy néhány előre installált használatlan, ill. használhatatlan programot egyszerűen eltávolítunk
• Könnyen felmelegszik
• A full HD tartalmakat nehezen jeleníti meg
• Viszonylag rövid akkumulátor-élettartam (wifi használata mellett 3 és fél óra körül)

Forrás:
MSI Wind12 U210

Kapcsolódó linkek:
Msi Wind U100 notebook
MSI U210 laptop – nem hivatalos, de már előrendelhető

Kép forrása: http://www.frostycomputers.com

After months of waiting the MSI Wind U110 Eco netbook it’s now available in the US. It’s been a while since I’ve covered anything about this netbook, so I figured you’d need a refresher. The Wind U110 Eco comes with: a 10.1-inch LED-backlit display with a 1,024 x 600 resolution, an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, an integrated webcam, a 4-in-1 card reader, a gigabit Ethernet port, and a 9-cell battery that will supposedly last for 9 hours. It’s now available for $399.99, so check out the official Amazon listing here.

[Slash Gear]

Heute war ich nach zwei erfolglosen Versuchen einen Mini-PC zu erwerben zum dritten Mal beim PC-Profi in Birlenbach. Im ersten Anlauf wollte ich den MSI Wind PC mit Atom N230, 320GB HDD und 2GB RAM holen, dieser war allerdings ausverkauft und erstmal nicht mehr in der Ausstattung lieferbar, nachdem er monatelang für 299 Euro im Dauerangebot war – tolles Timing. Nun gab es als Alternative den MSI Wind PC mit selbem Prozessor aber nur noch 160GB HDD und 1GB RAM für 289 Euro. Attraktiver schien da das Modell Eigenbau vom PC-Profi zu sein: Atom N330 CPU, 320GB HDD, 2GB RAM für 269 Euro. Diesen wollte ich dann beim zweiten Besuch dort erwerben und bekam gesagt der müsse erst gebaut werden. Heute war er fertig. Nachdem ich gezahlt hatte, fragte mich der Ladeninhaber welches Betriebssystem ich denn draufmachen wollte. Schlagartig wurde mir klar, was ich beim Preisvergleich dann ganz vergessen hatte, da normalerweise ja sowieso überall Win XP drauf ist. Das hat mich aber erstmal kaum gekümmert, da ich der Meinung war Win XP noch haufenweise zu Hause rumliegen zu haben. Leider musste ich feststellen, dass alles nur Recovery CDs sind, die bei Installationsversuch mit Bluescreen abbrechen. Nun betreibe ich das Ding probeweise mit einer Linux-Live-CD, allerdings bin ich noch weit davon entfernt den Computer planungsgemäß einzusetzen.

Also was tun? Weiter an Linux rumbasteln bis ich vielleicht geeignete Software für meine Anwendungszwecke finde oder Win XP für 89 Euro dazukaufen, was den Computerpreis auf 358 Euro verteuert. Ich denke ich werde mal nachzuverhandeln. Erst zu Hause ist mir aufgefallen, dass der Eigenbau im Gegensatz zum MSI Wind auch keinen Kartenleser besitzt, was ich etwas unpraktisch finde.

I found an article/review on Gizmodo about an industrious company called MacWind that’s selling stock MSI Wind U100s running OS X for $399. The full article/review can be found here.

The sheer fact the author of the article muses aloud that the mere discussion of the product will probably warrant a cease and desist points out the misdirected approach of Apple. Why should Apple care WHERE their OS is running? As long as Apple is selling a unique license with every Wind why should they give a hoot where the money is coming from? Isn’t that what the free market is about?

As long as they get their cut, Microsoft doesn’t care what you do with your Windows 7 install disk.

MSI WIND

Harga 550.000 Won (Termsuk Ongkos Kirim)

Spesifikasi:

• Processor Intel Atom 1.6 GHz
• Hard disk 160 Gb
• Layar 10 Inchi
• Windows XP
• RAM 1 Gb
• WEBCAM
• Bluetooth
• Card Reader
• Pilihan warna: Hitam, Putih, Merah, Pink

The MSI Wind12 U200 is now on MSI’s official website. This notebook has: a 12.1-inch display with a 1,366 x 768 resolution, an Intel Core 2 Colo ULV 1.4GHz CPU, up to 4GB of RAM, integrated GMA 4500MHD graphics, a 160GB / 250GB / 320GB HDD, WiFi, a card reader, optional Bluetooth, and a 3-cell battery. Unfortunately, the price and release date have not been officially announced yet.

[Electronista]

A senior Dell executive has spoken out at the OpenSource World conference regarding returns on Linux netbooks.

Microsoft famously claimed that Linux netbook returns were 4 or 5 times higher than their Windows counterpart, and that they owned the netbook market with a 96% share. Suffice to say, this stirred up a fair bit of controversy in LinuxLand, and there were many articles published refuting this claim.

In short, the 96% market-share figure was proven to be bogus as it only included sales from (primarily US-based) bricks & mortar stores. Online sales were excluded. Since the majority of stores don’t carry Linux PCs of any sort (this is certainly the case around where I live), naturally most open-sourcers buy their gear online. Furthermore, sales throughout the rest of the world – particularly Asia where netbooks are very popular – were also excluded. This statistic is completely meaningless, however it grabs headlines. Score one to Microsoft’s FUD department.

The assertion that the Linux return rate is 4 or 5 times higher is a little murkier. The quote seems to be attributed to an MSI employee, with Canonical supposedly chiming in to agree. However, researchers dispute the authenticity of the quote, as MSI hadn’t even released a Linux version of their Wind netbook at the time of the original remark. Canonical have gone on record to say that their supposed agreement with the quote was a flat-out lie.

It was interesting, therefore, to hear Dell’s Senior Product Marketing Manager, Todd Finch, speak about the issue at OpenSource World. He said that, for Dell, returns were a “non-issue”. He went on to say “we don’t see a significant difference between the return rate for Windows versus the rate for Linux” and that Microsoft “are making something of nothing“. Given that Dell are one of the world’s largest PC manufacturers with a hefty market-share, I find this quite significant.

To digress slightly, it seems to me that lately Dell, along with Intel, seem to have stepped away from Microsoft’s thrall somewhat. For many years, those three corporations seemed to be in bed with each other and they dominated the PC market. However, times have changed and Dell are shipping Linux PCs in response to customer demand. Intel, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation, are developing the open-source Moblin Operating System, designed specifically for netbooks and mobile internet devices. Microsoft must be rather peeved to see their closest partners cosy up with open-source rivals. But business is business.

Perhaps Dell are looking further and finally realising that, as a hardware supplier, more choice on the desktop can only benefit them. Quite simply, more competition equals more bargaining power with MS. Intel, on the other hand, don’t care what operating system you run – so long as it is powered by an Intel chip. Intel’s biggest competition on mobile internet devices is the ARM processor. It’s not as powerful as the Intel Atom CPU, but it has very low power consumption. It is in Intel’s best interests to give users a fabulous experience on their (Intel-powered) devices – hence the Moblin development – thus shutting out ARM. At the end of the day though, Intel don’t care whether you run Moblin or Windows, or any other OS for that matter.

Intel and Dell are certainly looking ahead and trying to cover all the bases. It seems to me that the only loser in this scenario is Microsoft … oh well, them’s the breaks!

Berikut kesan dan pesan pemakain netbook:

1. kebiasaan pake laptop layar sedang (13″) dan PC (17″), begitu pake netbook jd lain, kurang nyaman karena keyboard dan layar kecil.

2. usahakan upgrade memory jadi 2 GB (standard 1 GB) biar ketidaknyamanan dari sisi size bisa ditutupi oleh speed.

3. ga usah install aplikasi yg macem-macem, cukup office, internet, little games, dan mungkin multimedia standard kayak winamp, wmplayer, acdsee.

4. jangan lupa install winrar.

5. Pesan khusus buat teman-teman sebelum membeli netbook betul-betul dipikirkan. Kalau ada budget lebih, mendingan beli laptop yang layar kecil seukuran 12″ – 13″, seperti HP Pavilion dv2, MacBook Air, dll.

oke segitu dulu kesan dan pesannya, nanti ditambahin lagi.

Msi Wind U100 notebook
Az Msi Wind U100notebook alacsony ára miatt igencsak keresett terméknek minősül. Lássuk azonban, hogy vajon árösszehasonlítás, vagy még inkább ár-érték arány szempontjából érdemes-e időt és pénzt ,,pazarolni” rá!

Msi Wind U100 notebook – Tulajdonságok
1.6GHz-es Intel Atom n270 processzor
1GB-os, 667 MHz-es DDR2 RAM memória
Intel 945GSE / ICH7-M lapkakészlet
Intel GMA 950 videókártya
Realtek HD Audio hangkártya
160 GB 5,400 RPM merevlemez
10 colos, 1024 x 600 felbontású LED kijelző
Négy az egyben kártyaolvasó
1,3 megapixeles webkemera

Csatlakozók, portok
Ethernet
3 db USB
VGA kimenet
Bluetooth
WiFi

Akkumulátor – Az Msi Wind U100 notebook egyetlen igazi hátránya
Az Msi Wind U100 notebook sajnálatos hibája -amin annyi notebook, laptop és netbook elvérzett már- a gyenge akkumulátor teljesítmény. Ne aggódjunk, azonban, a különböző altípusok különböző akkumulátorokkal kaphatóak, így vannak korábbi szériák, melyek mindössze 3 cellás, és újabbak, amelyek 6 cellás megoldással vásárolhatóak meg.

Forrás:
MSI Wind U100 Review

Kapcsolódó linkek:
Egy újabb MacBook Air hasonmás
Új extra vékony MSI notebook a látóhatáron: MSI X600

Kép forrása: http://techtreak.com

I’ve had an MSI Wind (with Windows XP) for about a year now. It’s my first and only netbook. Yesterday I spent seven hours on the train, but opted not to take the Wind with me – something that made me wonder whether the Wind is fit for purpose. Unfortunately, it isn’t, and here’s why:

Battery life: I’m only getting about 90 minutes, and mobile computing isn’t really mobile if you have to lug a charger around and seek out places to connect it. It seems that later U100s have double the battery capacity, but that adds size and weight.

It’s not powerful enough: Netbooks were never intended for running Flight Simulator or Matlab, and of course I don’t have anything like that installed. However, the Wind even seems too slow when doing basic things like web browsing and office applications.

The track pad is poor: I’m not a connoisseur of these things but this just doesn’t always respond the way it should.

So, what’s to be done? Well, hopefully Google’s Chrome OS might speed things up and maybe reduce power consumption. I’ll certainly try installing that when it comes out. But – and this is why Ubuntu isn’t already installed – I need a full featured word processor and presentation tool and they just don’t exist for Linux, yet …

Dell Inspiron Mini 10

Samsung N110 Samsung’s updated 10 inch netbook continues to beat the competition with an improved touchpad and more than 7 hours of battery life. 469

Gateway TC7804u For just $699, this thin and light offers plenty of style and speed. 699 Gateway TC7804u Review of the Gateway

HP Pavilion dv2

Acer Aspire 3935 (3935 6504) Acer’s latest 13 inch notebook sports a slim design, comfy keyboard, and good performance at an attractive price. 899 Acer Aspire

Toshiba Satellite L300 Series (L305 S5921) This wallet friendly notebook offers good enough performance for basic computing without forcing too many trade offs.