14 DAY TRIAL // Just recently MSI announced a new ultra-portable computer system, as part of the company's lineup of Wind-branded netbooks. Touted as the “world's power saving number one netbook,” the MSI Wind U110 ECO was said to be featuring an Intel Atom processor that had been combined with AMD's ATI Radeon HD3200 graphics solution. However, it appears that this was just a misprint in the published technical specifications on the company's website. As it turns out, the U110 ECO is actually featured with the integrated Intel GMA 500 graphics solution, which better explains the nine-hour battery life of the latest MSI netbook.
The MSI Wind U110 ECO is based on Intel's Poulsbo US15W chipset and is equipped with the Atom X530 processor, running at 1.6GGHz. The system is featured with just 1GB of system memory, although it supports up to a maximum of 2GB, which should help it better handle the optional Windows Vista operating system. Aside from that, there's a 160GB hard drive, a 4-in-1 memory card reader, modem, Gigabit Ethernet, 802.11 b/g/n wireless connectivity and Bluetooth V2.0, a 1.3MP webcamera (or an optional 2.0MP), 2 speakers and a weight of just 1Kg, using the 3-cell battery.
The 10-inch display is featured with LED Power-Saving Backlight technology and can render images at a maximum resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels. The LED-based display also enables a lower power consumption on the system's battery, a feature that allows the U110 ECO to provide its users with a maximum of about 9 hours of battery life.
If earlier reports regarding the graphics on the new MSI netbook had been true, then MSI's latest U110 ECO netbook might have offered its users a considerable change, compared to all the other netbooks on the market.