the battle of the UMPCs (part 2)

MSI Wind is actually a worthy contender for the top spot of UMPCs.  But the keyboard real estate for the period and comma key which is half of the normal size restricts the functionality of the unit.  Everything else is the same, the screen is okay although the speakers is really loud.  And then there's the cheap and small touchpad.  In terms of installing a hacked OSX, the Wind is the most stable but the wifi card doesn't work but instead they use another internal wifi card.  I think the card is from Dell.  These hacker guys actually created a new distribution called WINDOSX.  Check the torrents for it.  Another downside for the Wind is the 3-cell battery that comes with it.

The Lenovo Ideapad s10 has a lot of hype but it died down later on during the launch.  So far it is the thinnest of the other mentioned UMPCs.  But it doesn't have any distinguishing feature worth mentioning.  As a johnny-come lately in the UMPC, it doesn't offer much to switch to the Ideapad.  It did have a good love story a marketing video in youtube.  Somewhat like the laptop version of BMW's The Hire series. 

An interesting update on the HP mininote 2133.  HP just unveiled the HP mini 1000 which dropped the VIA processor and is now sporting and atom 1.6Ghz processor.  And the other good news is that: NO MORE VISTA for it.  I haven't seen it personally but based on my experience on the HP 2133, the keyboard real-estate is the best there is.  Let's hope its still the same.  The touchpad on the other hand could have been bigger.  Let me update this in a few days when I get to feel a test unit. The picture looks mighty nice.