MSI U210 Notebook

The 'Wind' category notebook from MSI, U210 is meant for

people on the go. With sleek and solid design added with  good battery backup

and low weight, this ultra portable notebook can easily be carried around sans

any hassles. The one we received for review is white in color with a large

keyboard. MSI U210 comes with Ergonomics De-Stress keyboard (EDS) which has keys

with 51% more surface area thus ensuring more comfortable typing experience.

Other noticeable features of this laptop include 12.1” LED display which is HD

ready, HDMI out, ATI Radeon Xpress 1270 graphics, and AMD Athlon Neo Processor.

Here point to note is that Athlon Neo Processors are meant for ultra portable

devices similar to Intel's ultra low voltage processors and Atom. The  U210

weighs 1.7 kg with adapter thanks to compact form factor.

To check the performance, we carried out tests for

graphics, overall performance and battery. U210 was able to give score of 317

3DMarks, which though not great score but enough to run regular Office

application. Performance of CPU was checked using Cinebench R10 benchmark, and

U210 scored 572 which is again good. Finally when we checked battery backup and

U210 gave almost 4 hours of battery backup which is quite high and comparable to

netbooks.

Bottomline:  With its competitive price and great

battery backup this is a great option for people on the move.