MSI U210-006US 12.1-Inch White Netbook – 5 Hour Battery Life
- Athlon Neo MV-40 1.6 GHz Processor, Chipset AMD RS690 + SB600
- 2GB 200-Pin DDR SO-DIMM RAM
- 250GB SATA Hard Drive, WLAN 802.11b/g/n, 1 x HDMI Port, 3 x USB 2.0
- Windows Vista Home Premium, 6 Cell Battery (5200mAh) 5 hours (depending on usage and configuration)
- LCD Type 12.1″ HD WXGA 16:9, LCD Resolution 1366×768, VGA, AMD Radeon X1250
Product Description
MSI U210-006US 12.1′ Netbook (AMD Neo MV-40 1.6Ghz, 250 GB Hard Drive, 2 GB RAM, HDMI Out, 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 5 hours)… Read More… | See Price.
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July 25th, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I had this net book for about 2 months, it has treated me well, but it rolled off of my bed, and fell 6 inches, this cause the fragile screen to disconnect and not show a picture. I sent it in to MSI, and about 3 weeks later, I get an E-mail saying I need to pay $90 for repairs. because of their poor design.
When I called MSI, they talked down to me and treated me like I did not know anything about the situation, and he REFUSED to let me talk to his manager. In hopes to get some one with some repect to the customer
If you plan on using this net book on a desk, and zip tied down so there is not way for it to be Mobil, this is a good choice, but if you want to use it how net books should be used for (light and portable) prepare to pay for MSI’s flaws.
Rating: 2 / 5
July 25th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
MSI increases the typical netbook DRAM from 1GB to 2GB, increases screen size from 10.1″ to 12.1″, and increases the number of pixels from 1024×600 up to 1366×768 (native 720p video.) Comes with Windows Vista Home Premium installed which can be sped up with a few tweaks like those at Black Viper and other sites. Another thing to help performance is to use the small fast apps from portablefreeware or someplace similar.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 25th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
Thanks for the white MSIMSI U210-006US 12.1-Inch White Netbook – 5 Hour Battery Life. Very few finger prints on this beauty.You want need to wear a pair white gloves. I look at the black notebook in the store. It had alot of finger prints, This is my first notebook. I started out with 42 upgrades for Windows Vista Home Premium.Thanks Micosoft. Everything seems to be ok.Evens tells you how much battery time that you have left. Everything is built-in with all the software pre loaded. Love the HDMI port. Works great on my 60″ projection TV. I really like the whiteboard white keys with black letters. The machines hot air comes out on the left side while the notebook stays cool.I am not much on the touchpad. I do like it. Its works great. Since I do not how to use it with copy and paste . I did invest in a USB Mini Optical Mouse Retractable Ruby Travel from e-bay for 5.95.The whole thing fits in the palm of my small hand. Works great, I did buy a 9 cell battery 7800 mah 11.1V for it. It does raised the back of the notebook about 1/2″higher. I did try it outside, Very hard to see. As of 9-28 I have had it for about 3 weeks now and I do really like it.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 25th, 2010 at 11:50 pm
The good: light (3.1 lb), easy to carry; solid, full-size keyboard; fast processor for the class; upgradable to Windows 7 (waiting for the free disk); 2GB memory; runs HD video; excellent WiFi (as opposed to other reviews, using a 6 year old Airlink wifi at about 50 ft. away, through 4 walls, the Speakeasy internet test showed a speed of 1453kbps up/243 down); 12.1 inch screen is large for a netbook, sharp, high resolution and bright; lots of connectors, including HDMI; six-cell battery bulges out in the back bottom, tilting the key board for easier typing; built-in webcam.
The poor: less than a 4-hour battery life; shiny screen reflects lights behind you, poor off-axis viewing; glossy black case shows finger prints; keyboard character markings are gray on black, hard to see in low light situations; the usual low quality speakers, but loud enough; no DVD drive, but I was able to load Office via a jump drive.
Summary: A very good choice for someone wanting a very portable netbook, but willing to pay a little extra for a larger screen and a faster processor running Windows 7.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 26th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Let me start off by saying that I did quite a bit of research before deciding on this little guy.
The main requirements I had when browsing were
(1.) It had to have a usable keyboard/touch-pad without requiring too much readjustment. I’ve use too many netbooks where the keyboard, while usable, drove me almost crazy with the amount of types I’d eventually amass just typically typing as I do on an average keyboard.
(2.)Decent battery life. I’ve owned several laptops, but half the point of these “netbooks” is battery life isn’t it?
(3.)Screen Real Estate(Screen Size). It was a must that it struck a good balance between portability and the proper screen size for my multimedia/web browsing needs.
(4.) Not frustratingly slow. Being a bit spoiled by my 24″ screen and desktop, I always have always had a few windows of this and that open and while I knew pretty much the whole point of these low priced netbooks was portability and battery life at the price of performance, a guy can dream right?
I am glad to say that the MSI U210-006US 12.1-Inch White Netbook – 5 Hour Battery Life fit all of those requirements and then some.
The keyboard was amazingly easy to use and surprisingly, required very little readjustment. I think MSI did an amazing job designing the overall body of the netbook, while giving the keyboard just enough room to make it feel pretty much like an average sized one. The touchpad works like it should and *it has an off/on toggle. It is also flat and flush with the bottom of the netbook and it has a tactile feel and is not at all like those terrible slippery glossy ones that started popping up in laptop/netbooks.
*The touchpad also does not have a side-scroll, but that can be remedied with a different driver from synaptic(Do a google search on synaptic drivers).
The screen is the perfect size. I sat it next to my 24″ Benq monitor and the u210 screen really stood out with its brightness and color reproduction.
As for the battery, I’d say I get just around 3.5-4 hours of use on average with probably 70% web browsing and 30% watching videos([...]). After uninstalling some of more useless stuff and disabling some of system services that I know I’d never use, I consistently got around 4-4.5 hours on the system.
In terms of speed, it more than surpassed my expectations both for a netbook and the price range. I am able switch between a few google chrome windows and whatever small programs I’m running without any real bothersome slowdown.
Something of note also while I was doing my research about this netbook, I found out it apparently is an admirable performer when it comes to overclocking(I made a funny face too when I was first reading about it). The idea of overclocking has always made me a bit uneasy and even more so with portables that have limited heat dispersion. But luckily, the process was fairly straight-forward as I read it on the forums at [...] and I managed to get a boost in battery life as well as cpu performance.
*On a side note, I noticed when comparing the specs both on amazon and other vendors of this netbook that the gpu would be the AMD Radeon X1250 yet the product I received from amazon, to my delight, was the slightly more powerful AMD Radeon X1270. I also have bluetooth on this unit which again was not even listed.
Overall I give this netbook top marks. It fulfilled all of my requirements and does so at a very affordable price. When comparing this with the other netbooks I was looking at, the HP Mini 311, Acer Aspire 1410, and the ASUS Eee PC 1101HA the u210 ended up being the best of all my requirements without compromising too much in battery life. If you are in the market for a netbook and would prefer something a little bit zippier than the 90% of all the other netbooks equipped with an atom processor and don’t mind sacrificing a bit of battery life, the u210 is a definite buy.
Edit:
I’ve been using the u210 almost daily for a solid month now and I am still very impressed. I just thought I’d inform anyone still on edge about this unit. Contrary to what some other reviewers have stated, I found the wifi chip in this to be very effective, much stronger and more reliable than the other three laptops(Dell, Toshiba, ABS) being used by my family members(intel chips and a broadcom). The u210 has consistently been able to obtain a relatively strong reliable signal where my other laptops failed.
This netbook also works pretty well with Vista, though they do offer you a “free” upgrade to Windows 7 provided you pay the $10 shipping… which then puts you through a few loops. You register and pay $10 shipping for your Win7 code and wait a good deal of time for that to arrive, and then register again at Microsoft’s website only to have to fill in more info and then enter a code given by them back into their site and finally wait for your Windows upgrade CD to arrive. They even have a cute flow chart for it on their website.
*I paid my shipping fees about three weeks ago and have yet to get my upgrade form.
Something of note too was the RAM situation. This unit only has 1 upgrade slot and not 2 like Amazon has listed, and to be able to access that, you have to break the little flimsy sticker that voids your warranty…
Rating: 5 / 5