The MSI Wind U100 is the first netbook from the MSI stable. The white colour with a minimally-designed top makes it look neat. The build quality is quite decent. It may not be as ultra-thin as the Eee PC 1008HA, but at 1 kg, this is certainly the lightest netbook we have in this test. The keyboard is also quite easy to type on, except for one anomaly. The Fn and Control key on the left corner have interchanged places.

In the days when 160 GB has become quite common for netbooks, the MSI Wind's 80 GB hard drive space feels rather cramped.

Also, the model that we received came with SuSe Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 pre-installed instead of Windows XP. MSI Wind U100 Lastly, the battery life did not fare so well, clocking in at 1.5 hours.

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