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MSI Wind U135 Review - An Intel Pinetrail Netbook

Mobile/Laptops & Netbooks by windwithme @ 2010-02-04

The new model from MSI is a special edition based on Intel´s latest Pinetrail platform to celebrate the sale of one million 10-inch U100 Wind netbooks.The special edition is available in either blue or red.

Inside Look & Weight Check

Inside Look & Weight Check

The 6-cell battery used with the U135 weighs 1275g. The official specs say 1.3kg. It's good that they didn't exaggerate on weight.

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This shows the inside of the U135 with the bottom casing removed. If you want to install DDR2 ram or other hardware upgrades, the word from online forums is that you can take it to a MSI support center. Removing the casing yourself is not recommended because you might damage the manufacturer warranty stickers and lose the warranty protection.

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The U135 offers one DDR2 DIMM slot for expanding the DRAM. The included Hynix DDR2 667 1GB is soldered directly to the IC. The Nm10 chipset supports up to 2GB of DDR2 memory. The cooling fan on the U135 is larger than those on other netbooks. One advantage with the U135 is that while the fan seems to produce a lot of air flow when it's running, there is no real noise.

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The HDD is a FUJITSU 250GB. We'll look at how it performs a little later.

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The U135 features a very eye-catching color scheme.

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Comment from jmke @ 2010/02/04

Another interesting look at the U135 http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...&postcount=1in plain white color, compared to ASUS Eee PC 1005PE

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Turning to the internet we found Sentelic touchpad drivers listed on the MSI website for the U135, but they were not originally included on our review model or recovery partition. After installing the software the touchpad sprung to life and even offered various two-finger multi-touch features. The touchpad surface was better than average with a matte finish that was easy to slide across, compared to some of the glossy touchpads we have seen on the latest notebooks. The touchpad buttons shared the same rocker-style switch, but the button was flexible enough that both sides could be pressed at the same time with minimal effort.

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