Josh Sorenson
12-24-2009, 04:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/msi-wind-u135-hands-on-impressions/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/...on-impressions/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"You didn't expect it to rain Pine Trail netbooks without MSI dropping a new Wind, did you? Come January the $330 10-inch Wind U135 will replace the older Diamondville U100 with its new 1.66GHz Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, Windows 7 Starter and a six-cell battery. But the U135 gets updated with more than just new netbook specs -- the Taiwanese netbook pioneer has slightly tweaked the chassis with a new keyboard, touchpad and lid design. Read on for our thoughts."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1261524611.usr103750.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" width="450" /></p><p><a href="http://www.msi.com/language/" target="_blank">MSI</a> is a top brand when it comes to netbooks, this one is no exception. This 10" model is going to go up for sale in January for $330. That isn't a bad price in my mind for what you get. I love the way the keyboard is laid out on the computer. The netbook itself looks rather pleasing to the eye, but I'll be keeping my Dell mini 9 around a bit longer. Other netbooks besides this one are going to be detailed this next year at CES. Though, until somebody comes out with another sub $250 netbook, I won't be in the market for one again.</p>