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MSI Wind U135 Review
The Wind U135 is one of the latest netbook from MSI in the format of 10 inches. Lunch with Pine Trail netbook Intel promises greater autonomy and performance compared to previous models that still use the Intel Atom. Our most durable laptop today is the Asus Eee PC 1005PE, pointing to more than 12 hours with normal use. In this review we have the MSI Wind U135 to test and see how it compares with an ASUS Eee PC 1005PE, offering almost identical hardware.
Design and construction
The MSI Wind U135 has a simple design with a color scheme, clean, high contrast. The screen is covered by a "print film color technology" that resembles the arrival of law HPnotebooks. It offers a longer life than the painted surface is glossy while the art of working with the design. MSI was a very simple model, the U135 card that fits well with the characteristics of the netbook. The model is also copied to the hp dv6500 battery on the surface of the touch screen. MSI retains the look of the laptop in silver, but to preserve the pattern of the tiles, it moves from a structured silver paint. It looks like a matte finish, while maintaining soft feel of a paint job on glossy paper. As part of the screen and a glossy black keyboard tray are large and move parts of polished silver mirror where the hands and palms are still bleeding.
Build quality is average compared to most netbooks, with a tough exterior shell when the lid is closed and the abundance of screen saver. The glossy finish is scratch resistant to a degree, but still show the damage in case of abuse. For the average user is stored in a backpack between classes, or use it for the trip to do a deep reflection, without a scratch. The keyboard and palmrest show some flexibility under high pressure, but does not interfere with normal writing.
Users wishing to upgrade any component will be a surprise when he realizes that there are access panels on the bottom of the U135. To share the wireless card, add a hard drive or memory card, if you divide in half. One of the advantages of U135 netbook other is more free memory location. The 1 GB of base memory is soldered in place, leaving a free slot for future upgrades. Netbooks like the Asus Eee PC 1005PE have confused the need to stick with a stick 2 GB 1 GB which costs much more than the same end result.
Screen and speakers
The Wind U135 has a 10 "LED-backlit glossy that rates below average compared to other similarly sized netbooks. In our review model, we found significant backlight bleeding on all sides when the brightness is in top of the stairs. During the boot sequence, which is especially visible when the background is black. Turn the backlight up to 50-70% reduces bleeding, but still very visible if you were in a dark room watching a color film. and contrast are comparable to competitors from other ibook g4 battery, thanks to the glossy surface of the screen. If the backlight bleeding is reduced, it would be a great machine to watch movies while. traveling at the maximum brightness of the screen is readable in bright conditions outside the office if you are in an area that the sun reflects off the screen viewing angles are average with the vertical structure focuses on 15. - 20 degrees forward or ago, first began to invert the colors. Horizontal angle display is better, keeping colors true, even looking at sharp angles.
President in the performance is average compared to most of the netbooks on the market in the sense that they lacked any semblance of low volume and a portable full size. For most users of the speakers are fine if you want to see a video clip or listen to faster music in the background, but if you watch a movie, a helmet is the preferred option.
Keyboard and touchpad
The keyboard of the MSI Wind U135 is a near carbon copy of the keyboard is on the ASUS Eee PC 1005PE. Chiclet-style keyboard and they share the same design, size of the key and the key figure. The only notable differences are the labels that appear in bold in the MSI version. Comparing the two side by side models, the U135 feels solid and fixed to the structure, while the keyboard slightly 1005PE rebounds. Tactile feedback is almost identical with the same force and noise when you press the button.
Out of the box on the touch screen is disappointing, no driver or services of public support. Like the X-Slim X340, MSI has not included any type of touchpad support specific producer of the box, rather than relying on the basic Windows. The end result is a delay touchpad without scrolling or multi-touch capabilities.
On the internet we found the touchpad driver Sentelic appears on the site for the MSI U135, but not originally included in the review model, or the recovery partition. After installing the touchpad software came to life and even offered several two-finger multi-touch. The surface of the touch screen is above average with a matte finish that was easy to fall, as some glossy touchpad as seen in the latest laptops. The touchpad buttons share the same type of switch, but the button was flexible enough that both sides can be pressed at the same time with minimal effort.
Ports and Features
Port selection on the vgp-bps9 s battery is comparable to that of its competitors, which offers three USB ports, audio jacks, VGA, Ethernet and SDHC card reader. For the safety of slow and a Kensington lock included.
Performance and benchmarks
The system performance for daily activities is good for a netbook, but it is close to many of the new ultra-portable that comes with the Intel CULV. The commitment has always been energy, with greater autonomy in netbooks. We had no problems browsing the web or visit sites with Flash content, such as YouTube. The transmission of HD content is always a problem, but the SD showed no problem with stuttering. Local HD video with a resolution of 720p or less played 1080p content with pushing the edge. Time to start, stop and see were very fast, allowing you to close the lid and pop it in your backpack without worrying that they will run and packaged. Compared to most of the netbooks we feel much the rate increases to normal activities has come from Windows 7 and not necessarily the best way of Pine platform.
Heat and noise
MSI Wind U135 heat very well done, but at the cost of a fan runs continuously. Even if it remains inactive for long periods of time the fan on the U135 was run at a slow but steady. Blowing air outlet temperature is about, making us wonder why the fan just stop with that is within that cold. For people with sensitive ears or people who could work in a classroom noise and quiet small fan is strong enough to be heard by the people directly around them. And "at or very near the volume of a whisper.
Battery
With the latest management Pine Trail netbooks 12 hours, I had high hopes for the MSI Wind U135. Unfortunately, this is not the case, despite sharing the same hardware, except the wireless card and the battery capacity (the U135 is 5Wh less). In dell inspiron 1525 battery test with screen brightness set at 70%, wireless enabled, and Windows 7 with the profile of "balance" the system was maintained for 6 hours and 30 minutes. During the test, the U135 consumes between 7.5 and 8.5 watts of power. During the same test of the Eee PC 1005PE remained for 12 hours and 1 minute, the consumption of 4.5 to 4.7 watts of power. To put the system on an equal footing, we also discussed 1005PE Atheros WiFi card to see if that was the culprit, but consumption remains the same. Our hypothesis is that the level of polishing the material in the MSI Wind is not as broad as it is in the Eee PC 1005PE, demonstrating that even with the same hardware, you can have tangible and significant differences between the models of netbooks .
Conclusion
MSI Wind U135 continued competition in terms of software support and battery life. Out of the box U135 touchpad lacked any kind of software - including the recovery partition - which greatly reduces the functionality. Then find the drivers included on the support site of MSI, which has multi-touch options, as well as simple functions, such as displacement. Another great disadvantage especially for this netbook is the battery life, with half the battery life of your Asus Eee PC 1005PE with the same hardware and only a slightly larger dell inspiron 1501 battery. This large difference in battery life comes from the increased consumption of energy: the U135 attracts about 8 watts in standby mode and consumes less than 5 watts 1005PE. Overall, the MSI Wind U135 takes a great amount of enamel, but with improvements in energy use and software box, which would be a great little netbook.
Post je objavljen 26.08.2011. u 03:52 sati.