I’ve got Wind

August 23rd, 2008 by Fullforce | Posted in PC, Thoughts |

I got my MSI Wind this Monday. Or rather, the rebranded (read: Cheaper) Advent 4211. It’s hot.

It’s so small too, so light. It’s going to be great for university. Typing on the diddy keyboard is still taking some getting used to but I’m forcing myself to use IRC on it so I get used to it as quickly as possible.

My only other gripe is that sometimes my thumb brushes on the touchpad when I’m typing, making bad things happen as I type somewhere I don’t want to, or some bind is pushed. Luckily though there’s a button to turn off the touchpad, which is nice.

The webcam is great, too. 1.3 Megapixels isn’t huge, but it’s got a great refresh rate (or whatever it’s called) and copes well in good light. And the in-built microphone is great, too.

I plan on buying the 6-cell battery when it comes out, but as it is, with 3 cells, i’ve had no problems with the battery life.

In terms of performance, it’s great as long as you don’t expect too much of it. I put Adobe Photoshop CS2 on as test and that kind of killed it a little bit. But for word processing, web browsing? It’s great. It’s also great watching videos on it.