MSI Wind 12 U230 - AMD Athlon Neo X2

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

1
Average:

3
Bad:

2

Pros:

Lab Tested, How We Test Laptops », Bottom Line, The MSI Wind 12 U230 offers a roomy screen in a portable package, with strong performance but fleeting battery life.
Lightweight and well made, Dual core AMD CPU let’s you do more things at once, Nice large keyboard, Rather large touch pad, Small and protable like a netbook but powereful like a notebook

Cons:

Lab Tested, How We Test Laptops »
Short battery life, Something wrong with builtin camera, pointing too low, Trial software, Norton and a lot of stuff installed, Glossy screen

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Last revision on November 24, 2011

Reviewers Liked

Lab Tested, How We Test Laptops », Bottom Line, The MSI Wind 12 U230 offers a roomy screen in a portable package, with strong performance but fleeting battery life
Lightweight and well made, Dual core AMD CPU let’s you do more things at once, Nice large keyboard, Rather large touch pad, Small and protable like a netbook but powereful like a notebook

Reviewers Didn't Like

Lab Tested, How We Test Laptops »
Short battery life, Something wrong with builtin camera, pointing too low, Trial software, Norton and a lot of stuff installed, Glossy screen

Expert reviews and ratings

The U230 offers more processing grunt than a comparable netbook, but fails in the crucial power...

By CNET Australia on June 25, 2010

The MSI Wind U230-040US is a decent enough machine with AMD power that could use a bit more run time per charge. It has decent performance and a nice keyboard making it a decent choice if portability is more important that battery life and...

By I4U on May 27, 2010

The MSI Wind 12 U230 netbook has a lot to like, but its battery life - 3hrs, 48 mins in our tests - is a dealbreaker. The average battery life for netbooks is about 7hrs. It's unfortunate, considering the Wind12 U230's strong general performance...

By PC Advisor on April 23, 2010

The MSI Wind 12 U230 offers a roomy screen in a portable package, with strong performance but fleeting battery life....

By PCWorld on April 22, 2010

We strive for clarity, elegance, and style in these reviews, but their titles usually write themselves -- "Scanner Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap S1300." "Monitor Review: Lenovo L2251x." Today, by contrast, we're stumped. Should the Wind12 U230 begin...

By Hardware Central on March 25, 2010

If this is where netbooks are headed then this is a good thing. The Wind12 is priced not much higher than some other Atom based netbooks out there but it’s much more powerful making it more useful overall.The Wind12 US230 is a great choice if...

By Testfreaks on March 19, 2010

AMD's Congo platform is what Yukon should have been. Offering dual-core CPU performance that's better matched against Intel's ultra-low-voltage Core 2 Duo parts, the platform makes for an interesting argument when priced between Intel's...

By HEXUS.net on November 27, 2009

The MSI Wind is the latest netbook-style computer to capitalize on the low-cost, light-power laptop frenzy that kicked off with the Eee Pc and the Asus Netbook. With a starting price of just $479 and a standard screen size of 10 inches, the MSI Wind...

By AskMen on August 29, 2008

After running the MSI Wind U230 through our tests, it is safe to say that it is one of the fastest performing netbooks we have tested here at PC Perspective. (In some tests it was nearly twice as fast as the Asus Eee 1201N). For a netbook, the MSI...

By PCPer on June 09, 2010

It's an odd introduction because the MSI Wind U230 is a newer model with older hardware built in. The K10.5-based ultramobile processors from AMD are starting to trickle onto the market, but MSI is opting to offer the U230 using an Athlon Neo X2...

By AnandTech on June 01, 2010

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