| MSI Wind Netbook U120-024US |
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The MSI Wind Netbook U120-024US is the best option if one is looking for more, while connecting the internet at a café. Wind is actually Wi-Fi Network Device featuring a speedy and energy efficient Intel Atom 1.6GHz Processor that gives a longer battery life and a better mobile lifestyle. The netbook offers plenty of hard drive space with slightly larger screen as compared to a typical netbook Processor – the Intel atom processor is a 1.6 GHz Processor with 512 KB L2 Cache and 533 MHz Bus speed. The chipset type is Mobile Intel 945GSE Express. Storage – the storage controller type is Serial ATA with Serial ATA-150 interface. The hard drive capacity is 160GB and is non-removable. Memory – the MSI Wind version comes with a RAM of 1GB capacity and can ce extended up to maximum of 2GB. Connectivity – the MSI Wind consists of built-in Gigabyte Ethernet LAN and a modem module. It also consists of a Built-in 802.11b/g WLAN Card and also has Wi-Max ready feature. Total Expansion slots- 1 ( 0 ) x Memory - SO DIMM 200-pin. Some of the interfaces available are 1 x Display - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15), 3 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 pin USB Type A etc. Audio/video – The graphics processor is Intel GMA 950 Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 whereas the audio output type consists of sound card. The audio is high definition one with a microphone input as well. Power/battery – the battery is a 6-cell lithium-ion one. Required voltage- AC 120/230 V and the power required is 40 watt. The netbook is 10.2 inches wide, 7.1 inches deep, 1.3 inches high and 2.2lbs heavy. The ratings can be as follows – performance – 5/5, energy efficiency – 3/5, design – 5/5, features 5/5. Some drawbacks of the netbook are that the sound quality is not good, memory is average and its image quality is poor. But still MSI Wind is a good notebook with respect to great portability option, good connectivity and appearance. Hence it’s a good netbook with an overall rating of 4.5/5.
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