#GPD Win 5

The GPD Win 5 handheld gaming console has been announced, available starting October 17, 2025. GPD says that this handheld can throw punches with a number of high-end desktops. The GPD Win 5 has an estimated price of under USD 2,000 (~PHP 115,000). I've got the chance to get fairly acquainted with the MSI Wind U100, one of the early competitors in the 10" range of the UMPC market. MSI did the right thing by skipping the 7-inch segment and went all-out with a 10-incher (there's an MSI Wind U90 at 8.9" but was never launched in the Philippines and the version I got was the MSI U100XP 10" running Windows XP). Likewise, the CPU core averages at 57 degrees Centigrade but because there was ample ventilation at the bottom and an exhaust fan blowing out from the left side, the MSI Wind does not heat up as much as the Asus Eee PC 701 running a Celeron M 900. The 2.5" 80GB Western Digital HDD (Scorpio 5400 rpm) that came with the Wind U100 runs very well and only clocks at 44 degrees Centigrade (under prolonged usage) so it didn't add much trouble with heat dissipation. The unit that was lent to me is one of the U100XP models -- runs MS WIndows XP Home SP3, Intel Atom 1.6GHz N270, 1GB RAM, 80GB HDD, WiFi 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth, 1.3MP webcam, 3 USB 2.0 ports, a LAN port, SD card reader, with a 10" wide screen display (1024x600 resolution). Read more in our articles including "GPD Win 5 handheld gaming console now official" and "MSI Wind Review".