Light and Breezy as the Wind

In this Atom-dominated netbook market, here’s an AMD Yukon-based machine.

Intel Atom Processor changed the way we look at computing. Notebooks became netbooks, affordable, thin and could run long battery times that were only possible on the most expensive notebooks. What differentiates MSI’s second-generation netbook, called the MSI Wind 12, is that it runs on an AMD Yukon CPU. With a 12.1 inch display, it looks more like a notebook than a netbook. The display is a 16:9 wide screen, with a resolution of 1,366 x 768. Also, the display has LED backlighting, so it is full bright at power on and has a longer battery life. Though with the 12.1 inch display the weight of the unit is about 1.3 kg, its built-in battery gives about four hours of working time. The larger screen also gives the MSI larger area for incorporating its own EDS keyboard, which has 51 per cent larger key surfaces. The machine has a built-in webcam, which it is not very friendly to dark rooms but works well in bright rooms. Though the microphone is built in, the other side was unable to hear me till I was really shouting into the machine. Like other netbooks, the four-in-one card reader is standard, but what is good is that there is an HDMI output. The AMD processor and ATI together make this machine faster than other netbooks around, by integrating tightly and providing high-speed graphics.

AMD Yukon