Uses an Atom processor rather than a much hotter-running Celeron M (no SpeedStep, even) or a slower VIA C7. (Isaiah will be interesting, but that isn't in production yet, and it might run hot.)
um... from all reports i've heard, VIA's chips perform better than the Atom, but they just suck more power. for a laptop i think i'd go with the C7 or isaiah. Atom's really meant more for PDA or smaller devices, IMO.

winner!

I think this will be my upgrade from my EeePC 701. I was looking at the 900, but $549 is way to much IMHO. I think MSI hit the jackpot with this model. I hope they can supply them though without the issues ASUS had.

I would love to see Techreport perform a full compare/review with EeePC 900, the new HP and this MSI Wind.

10" screen, 6 hours of battery life with the standard six-cell battery all for just $399? Sold!

By the way I have used C7 before, and there is nothing wrong with it as long as you are not foolish enough to play any 3D game.

Q: What do you call it when you sit on your new MSI Wind laptop?
A: Breaking Wind!

mwhahahahaha... .... so bored.

My wifes old T23 has finnaly given up the ghost. The way she treated it and being knocked off the table/car bonnet etc to many times to count over the years I can't blame it. So I thought I would look into one of these as the price seams pretty good. Compared to $3.5K for the t23 back in the day could afford to replace it a few times.

I think this might well be the best of the upcoming crop of UMPCs.

* It has a 2.5" hard disk, so it's either 5400 rpm or can be replaced with a 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm drive.
* It has full-sized keys, so it's easier to type on than the Eee and its knockoffs.
* It is designed with RAM upgrades in mind.
* Bluetooth available in the more expensive model ($150 is quite a lot for XP Home from a volume OEM + internal USB Bluetooth + 512 MiB SO-DIMM, though.)
* Uses an Atom processor rather than a much hotter-running Celeron M (no SpeedStep, even) or a slower VIA C7. (Isaiah will be interesting, but that isn't in production yet, and it might run hot.)
* Extended battery? (The interviewee mentioned a three-cell battery that I took to mean an extended battery.)
* Linux version has a mainstream distro (SuSE) rather than an offbeat one (Xandros with a custom shell).

I would love one of these if they would include HSDPA for my remote Mails

yeah the 400 Linux deal sounds awesome

gonna try to get that asap

this competition is good. it will definitely drive prices down for a future purchase at the end of the year. hehehe.