Comments on: Nearly 700,000 MSI Wind units sold this year

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:47:08 +0000

Boca,

I sold my Fujitsu U810 and bought a MSI Wind 6-cell. I am hoping to see a swivel-screen netbook with a 9-10 inch screen.

BTW, after having the U810 for about 8 months, I nearly got the same price for it that I paid in the beginning.

By: John in Norway

John in Norway — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:21:52 +0000

Can you imagine how many UMPCs would have been sold if they too had been sold at a decent price?

By: Daniel Seiden

Daniel Seiden — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:18:10 +0000

My Q1 is doing the same thing these days. I have it sitting on my desktop as a media device now. I think the built in keyboard really did it for me. The Q1 is a great device and I love the whole UMPC form factor but my Wind has taken over my portable needs.

It would be interesting to see Samsung or one of the other manufacturers put the Atom chip into a UMPC. In the end I think the touch screen is great but it brings the price point up too far and the netbooks seem to have hit the sweet spot.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:04:48 +0000

It’s the built in keyboard. Touchscreen devices certainly have their advantages. But being able to whip a machine out of your back and enter text without a hassle and without using a Bluetooth or USB keyboard is also nice.

What I’m really looking forward to are cheaper convertable min-tablets like the next generation Classmate PC. I think we’ll get the best of both worlds with them.

By: Boca

Boca — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:38:10 +0000

I too have been feeling the pull of the Netbook.

My Fujitsu U810 which I love for its small size is just not the right mobile product for how I work 99% of the time.

I need a screen and keyboard that will allow me to work effectively on spreadsheet and presentation documents, and I find that the only time that I use tablet mode, is to review items more comfortably.

I have been holding out, but last night I found I had to reinstall XP, and am left with the prospect of hours on the phone persuading Microsoft that I am now reinstalling the licenses on the same machine rather than using them on a new computer.

Let’s see if I can wait long enough to see if HP upgrade the 2133, but the Wind is looking mighty tempting.

Perhaps I can pick up Matt Miller’s in a few weeks time on E-Bay when he gets bored of his!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:22:26 +0000

Kevin, I gave up my Q1P a year ago and went back to my Acer C110, which is very similar to a netbook. You can read the details of why on my blob, but it really came down to two things, the larger screen and the keyboard.