MSI Wind U250 Netbook Review August 2, 2010
MSI Wind U250 takes pride in adopting imprint technology, AMD NILE, EDS keyboard and HDMI, together with 12-inch HD wide screen.
The Beauty of Design
MSI Wind series netbooks orientate themselves as lightweight, portable and stylish netbooks. And MSI Wind U250 chose black as its dominant tone and top cover adopted imprint technology to embed grids-like texture as well as palm rest.
MSI Wind U250 MSI LOGO made of metal is on the left top corner
MSI U250 12 -inch HD (1366 × 768) LCD screen
MSI Wind U250 1.3 million pixel camera
MSI U250 power button and sinking spindle with maximum opening angle 130°
MSI Wind U250 large heat dissipation window and front speaker at the bottom
MSI U250 EDS keyboard has occupied both sides of operating area and each key has widened by 51% which provides smooth and comfortable handfeel while typing.
Close-up MSI U250 keycap
All-in-one MSI U250 touchpad matte finish
MSI Wind U250 left side interfaces: VGA interface, HDM interface, USB interface and power interface.
MSI Wind U250 right side interfaces: two USB interfaces, card reader interface, cable interface and audio interface
The Beauty of Performance
MSI Wind U250 is powered by the new dual core AMD Neo processor (1.3Ghz Athlon II Neo K325) with 1.3GHz, 2 cache 2MB, thermal design power of only 15W. And MSI U250 supports for AMD-V virtualization technology and 64-bit floating point precision.
MSI Wind U250 integrated HD4225 graphics card information
Hard drive test information: MSI U250 is equipped with a 320GB (5400 rpm) Seagate hard drive with average read speed of 66MB / sec, CPU occupancy rate of 7.6%.
MSI U250 Cinebench test
MSI U250 PCMark Vantage test
MSI U250 battery life and high mobility
MSI U250 comes with 3-cell lithium battery, a capacity of 2200mAh, consumption of 25Wh.
According to Battery Markr Life Test, MSI U250 battery life lasts for 136 minutes. Maybe it is not long but enough for most office use.
Compact and portable 1.3Kg (with battery) MSI U250 provides much convenience for you while travelling.
MSI U250 Specs:
29.7 x 19 x 2.4 – 3.1cm. 1.3 kg
12.1-Inch 1366 x 768
AMD Athlon II Neo CPU (dual core K325 1.3GHz)
ATI Radeon HD 4225 graphics
DDR3 RAM (up to 8GB)
160 / 250 /320GB Hard Drive options
4-in-1 card reader, HDMI, VGA, 3x USB 2.0
Gigabit Ethernet
802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
Optional Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
1.3MP webcam
3 and 6-cell battery (5.5 hours for the latter)
Windows 7 Home Premium
Summary:
Adopting AMD could be a challenge for MSI U250 in the field of ultra-thin netbook. K325 dual-core processor controls power consumption and temperature while ATI HD4225 integrated graphics is capable of high-definition decoding. In a word, MSI U250 boasts its high mobility in business and high-definition video function.
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