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Printed On: | September 7, 2008, 6:15 am |
| Category: | Mobile Computing | |
| Type: | Reviews | |
| Posted By: | floppy | |
| Date Posted: | May 28, 2008, 1:21 pm |
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Wind PC Dissection
The MSI Wind has been the contemporary solution to the ASUS Eee PC, and many gadget enthusiasts have been waiting eagerly for the first competitor that will stand out against the ASUS Titan. As usual, our team managed to get our hands on an unit of the Wind, and give you a piece of our mind on the innards, as well as a quick overview.
The Wind will come with 3 USB ports, VGA output and LAN. Unlike the Eee, the Wind will come equipped with onboard Bluetooth for its Windows version.
The Wind opened. The keyboard is significantly easier to type on when compared to other sub-notebooks/UMPCs.
Size comparison with the ASUS Eee 900. The Wind is quite a big bigger, with a thicker bezel and a 10" screen.
Hood Popped! The 80GB SATA hard disk takes up a significant amount of space on the PCB, which explains the size of the Wind.
The Intel 945GMS chipset exposed!
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Dissection continued
The Atom CPU!
Western Digital 80GB 5400rpm HDD, on SATA 1.5Gbps interface.
The blower fan, pretty silent.
The speakers.
The additional memory expansion slot, allowing another 1GB of DRAM to be slotted in.
The heat dissipation module, nothing more than just a thin piece of aluminum.
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Power consumption
We've managed to do some power consumption tests using our trusty Power Meter.
| Power Consumption Figures without battery | Idle | Load |
| Minimum Brightness (0%) | 9.8W | 17W |
| Medium Brightness (50%) | 11W | 18W |
| Maximum Brightness (100%) | 12.6W | 19.4W |
Maximum power draw occurs during full load with maximum brightness and battery charging, where 32W of power is drawn.
The review unit that was delivered to us came with a 3-cell 2200mAh battery which the initial batch of Wind will be equipped with. Subsequently, MSI will be rolling out a 6-cell battery (4400mAh) which promises up to 5.5 hours of battery life. From our tests, the Wind will last an approximate 1 hour 15 minutes at constant full load an and approximate 2 hours and 15 minutes under normal usage conditions.
Meanwhile, you guys can ogle at the Wind while our mouth stays shut on performance figures, while we're under NDA. =X Enjoy!
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