MSI Wind hands-on at Crave

CNET Crave has a gallery up and a hands-on of MSI's Wind. With new cheapie subnotebooks on their way from Dell and Asus and the Eee already a success, it's got to stand out—and it does...

This could be the best mini laptop so far -- it's comfortable to use, has a good display, is super-affordable and promises great performance.

We like: Screen; keyboard; value for money.

We don't like: Mouse trackpad could be bigger; no integrated 3G.

Hands-On [CNET Crave]

[#1 posted by shutz , May 29, 2008 11:35 AM]

Am I the only one who's annoyed that all these new mini-notebooks only have D-Sub connectors for video-out?

I can almost understand not offering a DVI connector, as those are bigger, but isn't there another connector that would provide a signal that can easily be converted (via a simple, cheap adaptor) to DVI or HDMI?

[#2 posted by Rob Beschizza , May 29, 2008 11:45 AM]

Yeah, damn right. Just give us HDMI and adapters!

[#3 posted by Dillenger69 , May 29, 2008 12:03 PM]

1024x600 kills it for me.
I'm not interested in any resolution below 1280x768.

[#4 posted by Anonymous , May 30, 2008 4:10 PM]

I truly dislike mouse trackpads. Are there any of these things that *don't* give 1/3 of their keyboard space over to a trackpad?

[#5 posted by Tenn , May 30, 2008 9:13 PM]

Why a trackpad? The little nubbins are so much more efficient and work so much better.