Acquisition and testing a netbook

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Looking for a laptop which is very mobile (small in weight and size) and inexpensive, I began to look at these machines that have become popular: the netbooks.

I was advised on taking the MSI Wind U100.

MSI Wind U100

For about 350 €, this machine has an Intel ATOM with a frequency of 1.6 GHz, a capacity of 1GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive and a 10 inch screen. It weighs almost a kilogram.

I have bought it. Considering the capacity of the RAM just a little, I opened my NETBOOK and I added a 1 GB card (the maximum capacity of 2 GB is reached). The operating system is Windows XP (in fact these small PCs are the only way wich permit to legally obtain Windows XP currently), I installed (in dual-boot) a Kubuntu through a reader/burner external DVD I had.

Compatibility issue, almost all components of the Wind are supported by Kubuntu. Almost … not all … In fact, the wireless card and webcam are not at all supported Do not panic! I found a link for the wireless card in the official Ubuntu documentation (I have chosen method No. 2 for installing the driver …). Regarding the webcam, contrary to what said the Ubuntu documentation, it is not supported. I even found an article in searching a little.

To conclude, my MSI Wind U100 operates under KDE4.2 (with effects and everything! ) and allows me to continue working even when I’m traveling (I use Eclipse without any problems).

To work without ruining there is nothing better! And it just heats up, it is very light and it takes more than 3 hours battery life!

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Tags: KDE, netbooks, Ubuntu

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3 Responses to “Acquisition and testing a netbook”

1. Decaps Says:
   June 7th, 2009 at 21:45

   Yep, je possède aussi un Msi Wind U100x (pour être précis ^^), tout d’abord sous Suse Entreprise integrée (véritable déception), puis la Ubuntu à la sauce Netbook Remix (déçu également), et je me suis re-rabattu sur un Xp (afin de pouvoir utiliser la fonction d’overclockage, très utile lors des “coups de bourre”), et comme tu le dis ce Msi a vraiment un très bon rapport qualité/prix.
   En top : écran 10′, encombrement, très silencieux, clavier, etc.
   En flop : Fn/ctrl inversé (malheureusement récurent chez Msi), haut-parleur (véritable catastrophe, mais peut-on en demander plus sur ce genre de machine…)
   Conclusion : la même que la tienne, un must have pour les déplacements

2. Selim Says:
   June 7th, 2009 at 23:02

   Je te remercie pour ton témoignage.
   Effectivement, le Fn/Ctrl inversé est plutôt contraignant mais on s’y adapte vite. Quand aux enceintes, je ne m’attendais pas à beaucoup mieux… surtout à ce prix là (350€ rappelons le) !

3. Tavux – le blog» Archive du blog » Chromium Says:
   August 14th, 2009 at 21:19

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