Comments on: MSI Wind vs. Asus Eee PC 1000H: The nitpicker’s guide

By: keith

keith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:55:18 +0000

how do i use the shift key on msi wind i cant get the @ sign when typing

By: keith

keith — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:55:18 +0000

how do i use the shift key on msi wind i cant get the @ sign when typing

By: Rob Lane

Rob Lane — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:05:02 +0000

I like the idea of a draft N network, but even G is faster than any modem you're likely to encounter. Even with my network harddrive, I never use more than 50% of the capacity of G. What's far more likely to impact performance is the internal HD, which spins at 5400 rpm anyway.

On to the MSI's overclocking abilities. You only mentioned the CPU speeds for power saving mode. However, if you turn on “FOC” in the BIOS, you'll see an option for 24%. When you hit Fn+F10 while the MSI is plugged in, you'll get 2GHz.

By: ClubPenguinCheats

ClubPenguinCheats — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:41:54 +0000

I've owned a couple of laptops with the small shift key way to the right, and just found them impossible to use. At least on the Wind, the keys for the comma and period may be a little smaller, but they are in the right place.

By: Florin

Florin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:55:39 +0000

Hi!
I have an EeePC 1000H from several months and I'm very satisfied. But I have a question: it has only one module of memory? Or I didn't find the second one?

By: Considering 1000H

Considering 1000H — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:22:42 +0000

That's a nice review and comparison.

I had some basic questions- would appreciate your response to them:
a) I use VLC media player (I dont want to use any other player) and I was wondering if .mkv movies can be played on the 1000H in VLC?

b) In some forums, there was a mention of resizing the resolution(or was it picture size) for mkv movies to play in vlc...could you kindly explain that?
I am not much of a techie so dont know much about resolutions and compability but I dont want to see the scroll bars or conversions into another format

c) Is it possible to voice chat in yahoo messenger (not talking about skype or others) on 1000H?

Thanks.

By: ZhanQui

ZhanQui — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:35:52 +0000

Pretty important point for me
If either had been noted with a glossy screen – off the xmas card list
horrible horrible.. why it became so popular i'll never understand

By: gradina

gradina — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:26:53 +0000

Very helpful, thanks

By: will

will — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:21:09 +0000

see the msi wind website. it lists all models and specs
http://www.msimobile.com/nblist.aspx?series=U

By: will

will — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:21:09 +0000

see the msi wind website. it lists all models and specs
http://www.msimobile.com/nblist.aspx?series=U

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:28:46 +0000

Thanks for replying to this dusty thread. I had read that Taiwanese keyboards had traditional characters and that those on the mainland had the Roman alphabet. (I said “Arabic” above–sorry I don't know where I got that.)

I'm sure Asians are skilled typists, but in my very limited experience in typing Asian characters, it was Japanese kanji, and to do that I had to type first in romaji, which would convert to hiragana or katakana (my choice). When I completed a word, I would hit the spacebar, and a list of usually 25 or 30 possible words corresponding to that phonetic spelling would drop down, rendered in a combination of usually kanji and/or hiragana, and I would select and insert the one I thought was most appropriate.

That's what I meant by hunting and pecking… it's not too amenable to speed typing By the way, I can't read or write Japanese, but was just trying to translate small amounts of it.

I think this subject of how Asian languages are rendered on and by keyboards is fascinating and wish it wasn't so hard to find information about it.

By: DougC3

DougC3 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:28:46 +0000

Thanks for replying to this dusty thread. I had read that Taiwanese keyboards had traditional characters and that those on the mainland had Arabic.

I'm sure Asians are skilled typists, but in my very limited experience in typing Asian characters, it was Japanese kanji, and to do that I had to type first in romaji, which would convert to hiragana or katakana (my choice). When I completed a word, I would hit the spacebar a couple of times, and a list of usually 25 or 30 possible words with that syllabic (phonetic) spelling would drop down, rendered in a combination of usually kanji and hiragana, and I would select and insert the one I thought was most appropriate.

That's what I meant by hunting and pecking… it's not too amenable to speed typing By the way, I can't read or write Japanese, but was just trying to translate small amounts of it.

I think this subject of how Asian languages are rendered on and by keyboards is fascinating and wish it wasn't so hard to find information about it.

By: LiShaoTie

LiShaoTie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:22:56 +0000

Actually, as far as typing Chinese is concerned, most of the Asians I know type very efficiently, Taiwanese or mainland. The difference is that in Taiwan, they use Traditional Chinese characters, on the mainland, they generally use Simplified, but the typing of either of those is almost exactly the same because they ALL use pinyin. Check out http://pinyin.sogou.com if you have Asian text support installed, you'll see what I mean.

The most likely reason for differences in keyboards, as I see it, is different strokes for different folks. The world don't march to the beat of just one keyboard....

By: LiShaoTie

LiShaoTie — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:22:56 +0000

By: Romania Recruitment

Romania Recruitment — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:17:20 +0000

This is the most interesting versus from the Internet. I spent some hours today and this is the best.
Please can anyone make a page with all MSI Wind versions? There are several models and the differences are regarding chip sets and hdd size. A page with all Wind versions would be very very interesting.