2008 sure seems to be the year of the netbook/ultra-portable laptop.
Asus was the first manufacturer, founding father/mother of the new and now very popular netbook category. Asus introduced its Eee PC in late 2007 with the 701 based model. Following the huge success and praise for such a small and affordable sub-notebook, tons of manufacturers began working on their own ‘Eee-killer’ netbook.
I had purchased an original EeePC 701(w/4GB SSD, Black, Webcam/Mic version) early in 2008 but after using for a month or so i ended up selling it. The main reasons for selling was its tiny keyboard. Performance and boot-up times on it were amazing and the form factor was great for such a low price tag.
After selling my Eeepc to a co-worker, I decided I’d wait this one out a bit more and be a little smarter (ie not impulse buying.. hehe) and wait to see how the Intel Atom based netbooks looked. HP’s Mini Note was tempting but the whole Via cpu not an Intel was a huge factor against it and the reason why I went with my MSI Wind. Keep reading for more details and the video demo!

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