MSI Ships 2 AMD Netbooks With Radeon HD3200
There's no shortage of Intel powered netbooks packing the chip giant's Atom processor. Among them is MSI's line of Wind netbooks. Starting today MSI is shipping two AMD-powered Winds, the Wind12 U230-033 and the Wind12 U230-040. They're both a little on
They're both a little on the large side for netbooks (12.1-inch displays), but they're neat little notebooks that boast AMD's Athlon Neo MV-40 and Athlon X2 L335 respectively. The U230-033 packs a 250GB HDD while the 040 bumps storage up to 350GB.
That's where the differences end, folks. They both feature ATI's Radeon HD3200 graphics, 2GB of RAM, a 6-cell battery, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 3 x USB, VGA and HDMI out, a 4-in-1 card reader and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. Each weighs 3.3 pounds and runs Windows 7 Home Premium.
The U230-033 has a price tag of $429.99 and the U230-040 costs $479.99. Both are available today on Newegg.
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All that's missing is a DVD drive... oh, then it would be an ultralight notebook (but you'd have to double the price).
I wonder if these will come to the UK.
I would be interested if i hadn't all the doubts I have about battery life and construction quality. I have had enough with poor plastics and designs, thanks.
I'm actually glad you get something a little bigger for your money - fed up of those tiny screens especially when trying documents or reading Adobe Acrobat files.
I'd also be very interested to see how that Radeon HD3200 stacks up against the competition..seems very good indeed on paper and the CPU's would be good, too. As we all know the 3200 is no slouch when it comes to HD media, or slightly older games. You do seem to get quite a nice little package for the price they're asking.
HDMI!!! we need a review on that... as soon as a nettop hits the market with HDMI and can play 1080p flawlessly i'm getting one...
Im gonna wait for Ion 2 + Pinetrail..
The HD3200 has been in laptops for a good while now. It's certainly very useful for basic gaming as well as media playback.