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    MSI Wind 10" / 1.6 Atom / $450?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Phil, May 27, 2008.

  1. Phil

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    I'm still doubting. At first I ordered black, then I changed my mind to white.
     
    Phil, Jun 15, 2008
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  2. chengdude

    chengdude Notebook Geek

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    4999. The introductory sale price is 4399. That's for the XP version. I'm sure you could could get for even less, but not so cheap as it will be in the US (2800-3900 RMB approx. equivalent depending on OS and which rumor/speculation you believe).
     
    chengdude, Jun 15, 2008
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  3. chesieofdarock

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    where did you order it from?
     
    chesieofdarock, Jun 16, 2008
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  4. Phil

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    I'm in the Netherlands, I ordered from Shops.nl
     
    Phil, Jun 16, 2008
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  5. gino_lee

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    holy crap! thats expensive.

    I'm going to China in a couple of months. If i can't find it for low-3000 RMB then i'll skip it.
     
    gino_lee, Jun 16, 2008
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  6. umpcfan

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    Hmm china is a good idea. Lemme contact my colleagues there :) is the msi wind already out in china? the 6 cell version possibly?
     
    umpcfan, Jun 24, 2008
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  7. Redline

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    I think I'd go black (see avatar) - white laptops have a penchant of getting dirty, do they not? After seeing all of my friends white iBooks and MacBooks getting really discoloured and such due to dirt and oil from fingers, I am not really sold on the virtues of using a white laptop longterm.
     
    Redline, Jun 25, 2008
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  8. cannibal869

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    GREY FTW!!! ;)
     
    cannibal869, Jun 25, 2008
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  9. Sam1

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    Sam1, Jun 27, 2008
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  10. Galahad

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    Lies! That article was mistaken, it will be $499, retailers are already selling it for around $500.
     
    Galahad, Jun 27, 2008
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  11. pragmobile

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    Hi,

    can you do me a favor and measure the horizontal and vertical sizes of the viewable LCD screen on your machine. I want to work out whether there's any discernible advantage in getting a 13.3" or 14.1" laptop, in terms of MS Word document working convenience. (The wide screens mainly increase in width for each size, not height, and therefore I won't get much more Word screen real estate than on a 10" machine- won't be able to see more of a page or increase the font sizes much).

    Thanks
     
    pragmobile, Aug 28, 2008
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  12. Micaiah

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    So, has anyone gave the new 1.09 BIOS update a shot? I would like to try it, but I'm afraid it would cause mine to become unbootable since I have a 2GB RAM module in there, and had to use 1.07 to disable the onboard RAM.
     
    Micaiah, Oct 26, 2008
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  13. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    By measure it is 5.1" tall and 8.7" wide using my ruler with .1" marks.

    Hope this helps! :)

    EDIT: Also, using MS Word 2007, to make the page completely fill the viewing window I can make it go up to 135%... I'm not sure if this helps out, but I thought I'd add it anyway. ;)
     
    shoelace_510, Oct 26, 2008
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  14. phobic

    phobic Notebook Consultant

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    I updated to 1.09 yesterday with my 2GB of RAM installed and everything works fine for me. I'm even able to overclock to 24% and use OS X with 0 problems.
     
    phobic, Oct 26, 2008
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  15. Micaiah

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    That's good to know, I'll update mine then. Thanks.
     
    Micaiah, Oct 26, 2008
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    spiritfly Newbie

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    Can anyone tell if that "turbo mode" feature that is supposed to overclock the CPU really works? I've read somewhere that they've made it now as a downclock feature to save battery.
     
    spiritfly, Oct 29, 2008
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  17. Micaiah

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    Yes, it works.
     
    Micaiah, Oct 29, 2008
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  18. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    The downclock to 800 Mhz from 1600 Mhz is standard in the BIOS and has been for months... It's just that now the new BIOS supports overclocking too. ^^
     
    shoelace_510, Oct 29, 2008
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  19. laserbullet

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    Man, it kills me that the Wind doesn't have a built in optical drive, otherwise I'd be all over this.
     
    laserbullet, Oct 31, 2008
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  20. Micaiah

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    It's going to be extremely difficult to integrate an optical drive in something this small. A bare notebook optical drive is already half the size of a typical 10" netbook.
     
    Micaiah, Oct 31, 2008
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  21. laserbullet

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    Yeah, true. I love my 12" MS 1013, but I'd love to go a little smaller as I'm shopping around for a new laptop (probably going with a 1223)
     
    laserbullet, Oct 31, 2008
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  22. ad78

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    man this thing rocks! I bought this one at best buy last night and updated to 1.09. The only downside is lacking of Bluetooth but I don't care. I was able to tether with my iPhone 3g without any hassle. This little thing is fast! What more if you upgraded to another gig of ram.
     
    ad78, Nov 2, 2008
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  23. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Are you talking about the Wind? Because the wind DOES have bluetooth...
     
    shoelace_510, Nov 2, 2008
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    Not all. I know Best Buy has a $350 one that does not come with Bluetooth.
     
    Micaiah, Nov 2, 2008
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    Anyone try overclocking the wind?
     
    Bartlett, Nov 2, 2008
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  26. shoelace_510

    shoelace_510 8700M GT inside... ^-^;

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    Well the new BIOS supports up to 24% overclock by simply pressing Fn+F10 so...

    But personally I haven't gotten around to downloading the new BIOS yet. >.< haha
     
    shoelace_510, Nov 2, 2008
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  27. ad78

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    i bought it on best buy, no BT.
    as for overclocking, yes i did updated my bios to 1.09 and the turbo shows if you Fn + F10 up to 24%
     
    ad78, Nov 3, 2008
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  28. oeien

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    Does the wind come with ms office preinstalled?
     
    oeien, Nov 17, 2008
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    I believe it comes with a limited time (60 days?) version of MS Office 2007 pre-installed.
     
    esmail, Nov 17, 2008
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