MSI U160-006US 10-Inch Netbook (Black)

by MSI

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 10.2 x 0.7 inches ; 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0036OR9AQ
• Item model number: U160-006US
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,801 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 15, 2010

Product Description

Wind 10.2in netbook n450 1.6g syst1gb 250gb wl bt w7str black 6cell

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars might be good but not for me, July 4, 2010

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Proaction (Midwest) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: MSI U160-006US 10-Inch Netbook (Black) (Personal Computers)

I returned this computer before even a week passed because it disappointed in matching my monitor.
I previously have owned an HP netbook so I have experience with the concept.
Pros: This is a very attractive, light netbook, and I loved the chicklet keyboard. Why don't more manufacturers adopt this as a standard? I was looking forward to the 15 hour battery life but never got a chance to test it. The on board screen resolution was nice, although I am partial to the "non-glare" concept for a traveling computer.
Amazon Prime is great and worth the annual price if you are a regular, and the return went smoothly.
Cons: Windows 7 Starter might be okay if you've never had any other computer experience and wouldn't immediately miss many features and the adjustability of any other previous OS. It seems to me to be a trick invented by Microsoft to give you the illusion that you are buying a low-priced item because once you get it you are going to have to spend $60 to $150 more to get an OS you can really use!
But the deal-breaker on this netbook was immediately apparent when it could not reach the correct resolution for my 1600x1200 monitor (which is only a moderate size, not huge). Yes, it is possible that this is the fault of Win7 Starter, but I could find no supporting literature to answer my question and so I would have had to gamble to pay for the OS upgrade, which would not have been returnable! The whole point of a netbook for me is the benefit of light and small outside my house, but being able to utilize a decent monitor once I bring it back inside the house!
Another Con: The battery design is interesting and keeps the bottom off the table surface by protruding below the bottom surface if you want it to run cooler, I suppose. But when using it on your lap it is quite uncomfortable and was digging into my legs. I would have had to ADD some object with a flat surface to use it in that manner which would have meant one more thing I would have had to carry around with me. NO thanks.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Netbook once you get around the OEM's problems, August 3, 2010

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John S. Elder (Playa Vista, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: MSI U160-006US 10-Inch Netbook (Black) (Personal Computers)

This netbook feels fantastic. Its thin and light, has a sold high-end build quality, and works simply as advertised. I recommend installing the netbook version of Ubuntu on here since Windows 7 Starter is a little slow on these basic netbook components. This is a typical netbook with a high class feel.

However, the OEM loaded BIOS is outdated and if you let your battery drain to complete 0% it wont recharge. Once you get this laptop first thing you need to do is to flash the BIOS to the newest version that fixes this bug. I did it on my own, some easy instructions online to do so. After doing this, I am very happy with this product. It works decently for what I need it for (College), and it looks better than the typical cheep plastic netbooks that are out there.