MSI WIND REVIEW – STILL BREEZES AROUND EVEN WITH VISTA ONBOARD

The world of net books are exploding every moment, But the extent of the high end operating system which means there is no chance, because the price would spike up, But the MSI Wind with the Vista loaded on board spells something different, read on to reveal more.

Design
Almost all mini laptop producers are shunning Windows Vista, and manufacturers are whirling towards Windows XP or Linux. Some say it is for the reason that the operating system is a reduced amount of bloat and more authority efficient, while others declare it is just cheaper to buy. In view of the fact that I have had the frame of mind that Vista only requires a few mild tweaks before it suffers like an enhanced XP, I decided to pull the elicit and load Vista onto our MSI Wind.

Performance
MSI doesn't officially shore up Windows Vista on the Wind, and has no drivers particularly labeled for occupy in Vista. When I 1st stacked Vista onto our Wind, I was a bit troubled since the wireless LAN and wired LAN were not functioning from the initiate. Devoid of a network association you are in actual fact out of luck, so this was a make or break state of affairs. I bowed to the MSI driver site and strong-willed to give the XP drivers an inoculation, and turns out they work with no or any problem. Same goes for the wired LAN and then card reader drivers which are ultimately pulled in via Windows Update once I had an internet connection.

The next stride was getting the Intel GMA 950 running, which was as uncomplicated as pulling a driver pack from the Intel site. Audio drivers labored from the beginning, so now the laptop was good to go. An additional Vista perk was the ceaseless "wireless connection" class windows which would not impede popping up in XP by no means came up while running Vista. Either the drivers worked superior, or Vista just suppresses those communications. I was extremely happy to not have to agreement with closing those maddening pop-up messages any longer.

I anticipated battery life to be similar, if not a bit inferior than XP. Vista has more things always working in the backdrop, the system utilizes more of its RAM, and Vista is overstuffed right? Much to my shock, battery life turned out to be relatively enhanced under Vista: almost 20% healthier than Windows XP under the identical conditions.

Conclusion
While Windows Vista avails a lot of bad press these days, it isn't for all time the nastiest operating system choice for laptops. In our speedy testing of Windows Vista on the MSI Wind, not only did it provide us a pleasant bump in presentation, but we also gained precious battery life. For a packed together sub notebook you actually can't request for more, particularly on the battery life front. For now I believe Vista is here to hang about on our MSI Wind.
Pros
+ Battery life Enhanced
+ Compact notebook capable of Vista
Cons
- Definite drop in graphics quality

Value For Money

Our Rating