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The MSI Wind U160 is one of the prettiest netbooks and we particularly liked the ‘Fancy Gold' colour scheme. The unit itself is slim, light and has a formidable battery life to last you throughout a very long working day … if that is your calling.
Performance is obviously rather weak, but this is what we always expect with a low powered Atom processor and as such if you keep within the expected parameters – surfing the net, checking email, and general office duties, it never fails to deliver. The screen size is best suited for this environment also, because if you try to edit photos, the limited real estate rears its ugly head. The noise levels are also a little higher than we would have liked, but only when you push it with HD content.
When we compare it against the last generation U135, it is a much prettier looking machine with slightly improved components and we feel it is a worthy upgrade due to the massively enhanced appearance and design ethos.
The biggest competition we feel actually comes from MSI's own range, the U200 in particular, which is retailing for only £50 more at time of press. This has a faster processor, bigger screen and double the memory while incorporating a faster hard drive for overall system response gains.
KitGuru says: We can recommend the Wind U160, it is very well built, has a battery life which exceeds 10 hours and most importantly it won't break your back carrying it around. If you want something that looks a little nicer than the netbooks normally associated in this price bracket then you would be well advised to shortlist the U160.
Ohhhh, that gold one is quite attractive for a netbook isnt it ? even the keyboard looks well.
Very purty indeed. I prefer the black one though, gold one screams too much ‘bling’ for my liking.
I was looking at one of these last month, never got around to it. only thing that puts me off is the ATOM CPU which is painful. as ive used one with my friends machine.
Nice machine for the price, at least they put some effort into the design, most of these machines are just churned out to the lowest price point with no attention at all.
Good review, at least the battery life rocks, over 10 hours is wicked for business use. would only need to recharge every evening in a hotel room.
Good review, I like the gold version, ive only seen the black one in stores however, maybe you need to order online for the gold version.
These are ideal machines for a lot of travelling as they dont weight much or take up a lot of space.
Really tempted to order the gold version after reading this.
I owned a few atom laptops before and I have had a hard time adapting to the speed. they are fine for email and checking the net, but I need a bit more power than this, even on the move. still, these are well designed from MSI, very good looking.
I think this range has sold well for MSI and rightly so, its a much better looking design than most of them out there today.