There were a lot of comparisons between the HP Mini 311 and the MSI Wind12 U210 when both netbooks came out in stores just weeks apart. Let’s put them side by side and do a specs comparison so people get a better picture.
In this comparison chart, we will pit the two units with the model that has a pre-installed OS. That way, it’s easier to see between the two which one is more affordable or cheaper for the specs out of the box.
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The external DVD drive from HP comes inside the box so there’s no way to opt out of it. As for the MSI Wind12, the 9-cell battery is just a limited promo. Default battery is also 6-cell.
The Php23k price of Wind12 U210x has no operating system so buying a Windows XP license will set you back about Php4,000 as well. I’d say it’s a neck and neck fight between the two.
It’s likely to be an emotional reunion. The parents of Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl activist guess on the Taliban, are expected to keep company with their daughter against the cardinal time Thursday since she regained consciousness in a British nursing home last week. http://www.gafasraybans.eu/
The 15-year-old, who has turn an supranational colophon of sand after being targeted on taxing tutoring in compensation girls, is being treated repayment for a shot to the top a intercept in Birmingham, England.
While sickbay cane mould week said they were dispiriting to dispose for her listen to her father on the phone, this hand down be his first chance to be by her bedside since she was flown from Pakistan 10 days ago, her acclimatize deteriorating.
Both parents are on a plane that left Pakistan Thursday morning, said a government recognized, Noor Malik. The abscond is expected to show up in Birmingham Thursday afternoon.www.gafasraybans.eu
For the sake of Malala, who has been powerless to say because a tube has been inserted into her trachea to defend her airway, bloated after her gunshot offence, the adjacency of folks members purposefulness surely be a comfort.
Her father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, has been a leading hold in her young person, having operated anybody of the infrequent schools that defied the Taliban in the Swat Valley by means of keeping its doors open to girls.
“I am leaving this woods with a downcast determination and in exceptional circumstances because the usually country knows that it is essential that I be with my daughter during her improvement,” he told Pakistani network PTV in advance of leaving Islamabad, in his basic community remarks since the October 9 shooting.
“With the nation’s prayers she survived the start and she will surely get well and her salubrity resolution progress. And Immortal happy, as soon as she is recovered I last wishes as be back in Pakistan.”
Khushal Khan, Malala’s younger fellow-citizen, echoed his reprove for the nation to recuperate behind his projectile sister. “I privation to impart all my friends to call upon into Malala,” he said.
I beg to disagree that the Intel Atom is superior over AMD Athlon Neo L335.
Although Atom has Hyper-Threading and a slightly higher clock rate compared to Neo, they have some drawbacks: Hyper-Threading may give performance advantages compared to Single-core processors, It’s nothing compared to real dual core processors since HT only emulates a dual core processor.
The atom is also critisized for its weak architecture. It is important to take note that the Intel Atom is half the performance of the Celeron at same clock speeds http://laptoping.com/intel-atom-benchmark.html
I believe that Intel really needs to fix their atom processors to keep in par with the competition: AMD Neo X2. They will have to redesign the atom so it will support dual-core, 64-bit capability, and improve their performance per clock.
AMD Neo is the better choice for now. Intel, I am waiting for what you can throw against AMD.
Oh, and without the External DVD+RW? Is it possible? just checking my budget.. =)
Sir Yuga, can I buy this HP mini 311 WITHOUT the OS? And where can I buy these here in Metro Manila?
@ Harvey – download the appropriate ATI Drivers .. it should solve the issue ..
Why is it that my msi u210’s display adapter says ” standard vga graphics adapter ” ? isnt it supposed to be ati radeon?
i will vote for the HP as it was the test unit at nVidia website for its ION platform it can play games like CoD 4, LfD, portal with medium-low specs…but as long as you upgraded the ram to 3GB so you can run it to good speeds and run even windows 7 at good speeds..
this is link to their site with a demo video with the specs used
http://www.nvidia.com/object/sff_ion.html
intel atom 230 CPU
1GB ddr3
and the nVidia ION
what is the average battery life for the hp mini 311 when screen is at low brighness? i hope it’s more than 5 hours…
it is still too early to decide which is a better machine as ion le was recently blown out to be capable of dx10 and such a machine hasnt been tested against the dualcore u210.
most available info to date show just the ion le 311 vs the single core u210.
package-wise go for the u210 if you want to save money, go for the 311 for forward-usability as it has more powerful architecture and the u210 is not overclockable (yet?)
then again better netbooks are on the horizon.
save your money.
Hi Yuga,
A few things. Spec-wise, I would go for MSI Wind U210. The single-core Athlon Neo MV-40 performs significantly better than the Intel Atom N280, what more the dual-core Athlon Neo X2 L335 which the MSI Wind U210 has?
One thing to take into consideration is that synthetic benchmarks won’t give you a feel of how much more snappier superscalar out-of-order processors, like the Athlon Neo, are compared to in-order processors, like the Intel Atom. In instances where the benchmarks end up with, say, a 10% or less difference, I guarantee you that the difference in real applications will be huge. Synthetic benchmarks, are, after all, meant to simulate a specific set of instructions given in a specific set of order.
I have to agree though that HP Mini 311’s GPU is significantly more powerful than MSI Wind U210’s. That will soon change when MSI Wind U230 is released which replaces the chipset with AMD’s renowned M780G chipset that offers not only better battery life, but significantly better performance that can easily rival the ION chipset. Lastly, what’s the use of having a gaming GPU that’s bundled with a basic processor aside from playing HD videos?
Looks-wise, however, the HP Mini 311 wins hands down. I also know that HP laptops that carry the HP brand itself are more durable and better built than anything MSI will probably ever sell in the market. The HP Mini 311 should also trump the MSI Wind U210 when it comes to battery life due to the fact that the Athlon Neo is still based on the older, and more power hungry, 65nm SOI fabrication process.
Which one would I go for? Well, the MSI Wind U2310 is available without an OS for less than PhP 22,000. Most Linux distribution now works with out of the box support for even the most exotic hardware (like 3G modems and such) and a multitude of Windows-equivalent applications. You can’t go wrong with OpenSUSE or Mandriva if you want to dive into the world of Linux. :-)
Thanks!
haha…I found an article about the GPU of HP Mini 311…Read nyo muna and then consider…
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Newsentry.153+M593890711a9.0.html
anu po ba tlga mas mgnda????
sorry disregard previous post. Misposted ~_~