![]() ![]() ![]() The Wind stayed cool to the touch with little or no fan activity. Simply using the MSI Wind is enough to convince you this is a better chip for small format devices. The big sell, however, is the reduced footprint and power usage and on that level, Atom makes far more sense. The keys run flush to the edges and while they're not full sized, they really make this laptop feel a lot more practical than the Eee PC. The 10-inch screen gives greater viewing space without impacting on weight but the main benefit is a good-sized keyboard. The smaller chip size means MSI hasn't had to compromise on features to hit the 1kg size. To deal with the extra power, you'll notice the fan kicks in to life and stays on for the duration you run Turbo Boost. When you're running on batteries it runs at the same clock speed but puts performance ahead of battery life, so screen brightness is typically higher. Naturally, this only works when you're plugged in. We weren't expecting this to play a part in The Wind but it has been included and pushes the N270 up to 1.9GHz. This tool uses the company's own Turbo Drive Engine Technology to physically overclock the CPU. However, if short bursts of power are what you need, MSI has a trick in its armoury no one else seems to offer at this stage: Turbo Boost. After all, Intel would be crazy to try and move market share to a sector of the market where there is less money to be made. ![]() That may be an issue if you're looking to use this laptop as your sole machine but that's not its intended use. So, in real terms you won't see much performance gain over the current Celeron M chips being used in the Asus Eee PC. The use of the ageing Intel 945GSE chipset should help keep development costs to a minimum for manufacturers but it does mean the Front Side Bus is limited to a maximum of 533MHz. ![]()
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