Founded in August 1986, MSI has continued to uphold a business philosophy that stresses “Award-winning product quality and outstanding customer service.” MSI specializes in the design and manufacture of motherboards, graphics card, add-on cards, servers/workstations, iPC, barebones, communication devices, CE products, netbooks, car infotainment products, and All-in-One PC.
MSI’s motherboard annual production is expected to reach 20.8 million units and the annual graphics card production is expected to reach 11.8 million units. MSI is now becoming one of the biggest motherboard and graphics card manufacturers in the world. It’s first entry into the sub notebook market was the MSI Wind.
MSI U160
The most popular MSI netbook today is the MSI U160 netbook with Intel Atom N450 1.66 GHz, 1 GB RAM, Windows 7 Starter, 6 Cell (15 hour battery life),250GB Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP Webcam, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS) 3 x USB 2.0, Headphone out; Microphone-in, VGA, RJ-45. Users comment that it is a solid, reliable netbook and a good value.
There are some solid reasons to consider this MSI netbook. It claims exceptional battery life of 15 hours, and it’s sturdy enough to take a beating. The MSI Wind built one of the first netbooks available with the Eee PC family from ASUS, and it sold well during that time.
MSI U160 Netbook
- 1.66GHz Intel N450 Atom Processor
- 1GB DDR2 667 Mhz SO-DIMM RAM (1 Slot) upgradable to 2 GB MAX
- 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA Hard Drive, Wireless 802.11 b/g/n, 4-1 Card Read (XD/SD/MMC/ MS)
- 10″ 1024×600 LED Display
- 1.3MP Webcam
- Bluetooth
- Window 7 Starter
- 6 Cell Battery (15 Hours of Battery Life)
Customer Review
This MSI netbook feels fantastic. Its thin and light, has a sold high-end build quality, and works simply as advertised. I recommend installing the netbook version of Ubuntu on here since Windows 7 Starter is a little slow on these basic netbook components. This is a typical netbook with a high class feel.
However, the OEM loaded BIOS is outdated and if you let your battery drain to complete 0% it wont recharge. Once you get this laptop first thing you need to do is to flash the BIOS to the newest version that fixes this bug. I did it on my own, some easy instructions online to do so. After doing this, I am very happy with this product. It works decently for what I need it for (College), and it looks better than the typical cheep plastic netbooks that are out there.
