Asus EEE, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, HP Mini Note? Which UMPC to choose?

[otis]

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Which UMPC would you guys choose?

Asus EEE PC, Acer Aspire One, MSI Wind, HP Mini Note, Dell's offering (can't remember the name)?

I'm looking for personal opinions especially those who own or have personally used any of these UMPC's.
Advantages, disadvantages, should I buy it?

[whoopz]

para nako bro msi wind u100

- eee pc 700 and 900 has cramped keyboard and quite small storage (not enough for a user like me)

- ace aspire one many say is slow becoz of the via processor

- eee pc 1000 has almost the same specs with msi wind but is about 4,0000 more expensive

- gigabyte m912 is a new model from gigabyte which has promising specs:
intel atom 1.6ghz
160g hardisk (thats nice)
1gig ddr2
1.3mp webcam
bluetooth
wifi
8.9" lcd
180 degree rotating lcd
touchscreen
the only thing that turned me off is that is has the same keyboard size as the asus eee 700 they say
link is here: GIGABYTE - Product - Notebook / UMPC - Products - M912 (1.0)

- msi wind ako choice, why? becoz in many reviews, they say it has the best keyboard of all small laptops, the size of the letter keys are standard size so you wont have difficulty typing. It looks good. the 10" screen is good becoz 8.9" is too small for me. small enough to be very portable. performance is good thanks to the 1g ddr2. 80gig hardisk is big enough. wifi connectivity performs well. paired with a bluetooth mouse no need for dongles. i've been enjoying it since the day i bought it. and it's priced at 25k which i think is affordable and very worth it.

others may have different needs than me. but for my needs, msi wind is the best in terms of price, performance, and functionality for me as of now.

[whoopz]

by the way, wala diay ko kabalo about hp mini note and dell's offering.

[miel]

hp mininote of course @ 25k eventhough its more expensive than the other umpc processor wise and storagewise its far ahead. its like a small laptop w/o the optical drive. and it runs on vista!!!

[pingolluz]

Mas ganahan ko sa asus 1000H. Mao na compete sa MSI Wind kuno.
They have same performance kuno....

[otis]

It seems chanbri has posted cnet reviews on most of these UMPC's in this thread:
https://www.istorya.net/forums/comput...te-2133-a.html

HP's mini note is no good for me because of its VIA processor.

[vipvip68]

Acer aspire One uses the intel Atom Processor... ang HP Mininote maoy Via C7.

I own an MSI wind.. pero I wouldnt mind buying the Aspire one also... i demoed the unit.. ok sya.

Although the Acer One isnt as nice and clean looking as the Wind, It's priced at 18.8k vs. 25k+ for the Wind...

Disadvantages sa Acer One
- the 3 cell battery is rated even lower than the wind's battery.
- Hard drive... while others prefer SSD... For me 8G is too small for practical use and SD card expansion will be quite slow. (the Wind's 80G hard drive is the most practical at this point in time given the high prices of SSD)

- I like the Gigabye laptop with its tablet functionality pero the videos seem to indicate that the screen isnt so sharp due to it being a touch screen. Maybe they can follow the Ipod Touch/ Iphone's glass screen.

para nako bro msi wind u100

- eee pc 700 and 900 has cramped keyboard and quite small storage (not enough for a user like me)

- ace aspire one many say is slow becoz of the via processor

- eee pc 1000 has almost the same specs with msi wind but is about 4,0000 more expensive

- gigabyte m912 is a new model from gigabyte which has promising specs:
intel atom 1.6ghz
160g hardisk (thats nice)
1gig ddr2
1.3mp webcam
bluetooth
wifi
8.9" lcd
180 degree rotating lcd
touchscreen
the only thing that turned me off is that is has the same keyboard size as the asus eee 700 they say
link is here: GIGABYTE - Product - Notebook / UMPC - Products - M912 (1.0)

- msi wind ako choice, why? becoz in many reviews, they say it has the best keyboard of all small laptops, the size of the letter keys are standard size so you wont have difficulty typing. It looks good. the 10" screen is good becoz 8.9" is too small for me. small enough to be very portable. performance is good thanks to the 1g ddr2. 80gig hardisk is big enough. wifi connectivity performs well. paired with a bluetooth mouse no need for dongles. i've been enjoying it since the day i bought it. and it's priced at 25k which i think is affordable and very worth it.

others may have different needs than me. but for my needs, msi wind is the best in terms of price, performance, and functionality for me as of now.

[r3roble]

wala pako bisan asa aning UMPC... pero i'm planning to buy MSI Wind...
because it outweighs them all...

[whoopz]

Acer aspire One uses the intel Atom Processor... ang HP Mininote maoy Via C7.

I own an MSI wind.. pero I wouldnt mind buying the Aspire one also... i demoed the unit.. ok sya.

Although the Acer One isnt as nice and clean looking as the Wind, It's priced at 18.8k vs. 25k+ for the Wind...

Disadvantages sa Acer One
- the 3 cell battery is rated even lower than the wind's battery.
- Hard drive... while others prefer SSD... For me 8G is too small for practical use and SD card expansion will be quite slow. (the Wind's 80G hard drive is the most practical at this point in time given the high prices of SSD)

- I like the Gigabye laptop with its tablet functionality pero the videos seem to indicate that the screen isnt so sharp due to it being a touch screen. Maybe they can follow the Ipod Touch/ Iphone's glass screen.

ay sorry heheheh... ang hp diay tong via bro, nasayop ko. but as i have heard, hinay daw ang via.

[georgecebu]

double post....