Before everyone thinks this netbook is better than Asus 1000HE and Samsung NC10 SE, consider the following disadvantages to this new MSI Wind:

1) No multi-touch support (it uses a cheaper touchpad)

2) No ethernet port (it uses a USB dongle which slows down your CPU and overall USB speed when accessing the internet)

3) Trackpad is small, and mouse buttons are hard to press (try one in person, and you'll see what I mean)

4) Screen placement is poor (it's almost off center compared to other netbooks)

So in other words, battery life isn't everything. I'm still getting either an NC10 SE or Asus 1000HE

I'm a bit confused by your statements. It doesn't have an Ethernet port? Does the U100 not have an Ethernet port because I could have sworn there was one, which leads me to believe the U115 will as well. The screen placement is far from poor in my opinion. It wasn't off center at all on all the models I've used. And I prefer the beveling on the U100 to the other netbooks on the market. As far as multi-touch support, yes since they went to the Sentelic pads they haven't been as nice as the Synaptic which does now support certain multi-touch. FYI, if that is really important to you than you can look online (MSI wind forums) and they have the synaptic part number you need to order and replace your trackpad with, as well as the drivers for multi-touch.

I personally dislike the NC10 and don't see why people like it so much. It's not a bad machine at all, but for the price it doesn't make sense to me. The 1000HE is the real champ of netbook right now though, but I do think this MSI U115 could dethrone it if it comes out affordable. Matter of fact if the old U100 just had a better battery that lasted a good 7 hours I'd buy one over the 1000HE as I actually type faster on it and like the look of it more.