MSI Wind12 U210
A novel combination of an AMD Neo processor and an ATI Radeon graphics chip. Together with the unusually large 2GB of RAM this should make a powerful beast. And indeed it is, well certainly compared to your average Atom Netbook. However, we struggle to see the point of this extra power. It is not enough to make this a gaming machine for instance, and for the usual Netbook tasks the extra power will make no difference. The Radeon graphics here are less capable than the Nvidia ION platform and the Wind12 U210 is not capable of decoding 1080p video, so despite the HDMI port will be of limited use as a Media Player. The extra power comes with a major handicap, battery life is way below the usual for newer Netbooks at a stated 5 hours and less in real world usage.

An interesting combination of components but one that limits portability without adding enough performance.

	Manufacturer: MSI Launch Date: October 2009 Target Price: £xx / €xx / US$430 Battery Life: 5 Hours (? Cell Version) Screen: 12.1" 1366*768 Processor: AMD Yukon MV40 / L335 1.6Ghz (info) Memory: 2GB 667Mhz Storage: HDD 160/250/320GB Networking: Ethernet 10/100/1000, Wi-Fi(n), Bluetooth 2.0 Graphics: ATI Radeon X1250 (info) Weight: 1.3kg / 2.86lb
Our Rating: User Rating: Currently 2.00/5 1 2 3 4 5	More power than the average Atom/GMA950 combo But not enough extra power to justify the poor battery life

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Detailed Specification Manufacturer MSI Model Wind12 U210 Operating System Windows XP / Windows Vista Screen Size (inches) 12.1 Screen Res X 1366 Screen Res Y 768 Chipset AMD RS690E CPU Mhz 1.6 CPU Type AMD Yukon MV40 / L335 Memory 2GB 667Mhz Storage HDD 160/250/320GB Battery Life (hours) Battery Details 6/3 Cell Networking Ethernet 10/100/1000, Wi-Fi(n), Bluetooth 2.0 Ports USB 2.0(*3), 4-in-1 Card Reader Camera 1.3Mp Graphics ATI Radeon X1250 HDMI Yes AV Outputs HDMI, VGA, Stereo Heaphone, Microphone Input Colours W (mm) 297 D (mm) 190 Hmin (mm) 24 Hmax (mm) 31 Weight (kg) 1.3 W (inches 11.69 D (inches) 7.48 Hmin (inches) 0.94 Hmax (inches) 1.22 Weight (lb) 2.86 Variants Product Numbers