Pros: Bright crisp display, the audio is not tinny for a netbook. Plays DVDs via USB drive or DVD files on local drive very smooth. Have not tested Blu-ray yet. Large keyboard with very little flex. Clean look to the chassis. Runs Windows 7 RC1 quite nicely.

Cons: Even though the system comes with Vista, the included driver disk is only for Win2k/XP, so after installing Win7 I had to scour the net looking for drivers. Unlike it's Intel brother, the u200, which can handle 4GB the u210 can only handle 2GB DDR2.

Overall Review: I replaced the battery with a 9 cell from a u100 and it works great!. It tilts the keyboard a bit but I actually prefer this over the angle of the 6 cell. It has an unused port on the side for a digital TV tuner, a function button for Bluetooth and a sim port under the battery. Which leads me to believe that this system will have much more functionality in future builds. Overall, I would recommend this machine.

Pros: This is one heck of a great laptop let alone netbook. It is extremely fast with a 1.6 GHz AMD CPU and 2 GB of RAM, has terrific screen size and resolution (1366x768) especially good when browsing the internet and a real battery life of approximately four hours. The size and feel of the keyboard is very good especially for someone like me with fat fingers. The Wireless LAN capabilities are also really solid.

Cons: None other than the computer currently comes with Vista preinstalled thanks to Microsoft, which should change once Windows 7 is officially released. I couldn't wait so I stripped and reloaded it with Windows 7. While I personally cannot stand Vista, the performance of the computer even under Vista was solid though much slower than under Windows 7.

Overall Review: This computer actually does run Windows 7 extremely well. It was very easy to load and configure since MSI provides all of the Windows 7 drivers on its website. To test the computer I loaded Adobe Photoshop and proceeded to edit a number of large pictures. The speed of editing large files and the quality of the images on the screen really take this computer out of the netbook world and into the real computer world.

Pros: Perfect size for tossing in my bag and taking to class every day, while still being big enough to actually use it full time. Surprisingly fast, one can play Portal/Half-Life 2 on it at a playable framerate. Watching video is fine, even MOST HD flash. The keyboard is awesome, although coming from a Dell 1520 the placement for the right hand CTRL is a little different; no biggie though. The mousepad or trackpad has a great texture to it, feels great to use on the fingertips. The whole unit feels very high-quality compared to my old EEE 701 4g. The LED's are dimmed so they're not on full brightness, which is a nice touch. The palm rests are very nice and slick and comfortable, although they do pick up fingerprints. Feels very light and easy to cradle in my arm while walking around the house. Runs Visual Studio without a hitch. I seem to do most of my surfing on it now, which is great. Great price for what you get. This is a full laptop that you can use full time, not a netbook.

Cons: Came with Vista, which took a long time to boot up the first time (seriously, over a hour and half), so you might as well go ahead and install Windows 7 on this puppy right off the bat. There's still some poorly-or too highly-encoded videos on youtube that shutter a little, but it's still watchable even then (That Lady Gaga Pokerface that everyone's talking about), but until netbooks-err, these sub-laptops come with dual core or dual processors, they'll have some trouble decoding them (or until Adobe makes flash that takes some of the strain off the CPU and puts it on the GPU). It's not a big deal, actually, since you can bump it down to standard def, or download the videofile and play it locally if you just HAVE to watch it in HD. Battery life is about 4.5 hours of classroom use (surfing a bit, taking notes, instant messaging, etc; which isn't a whole lot but it's not terrible. Power brick is small enough to take with you anyway, some say it's even "cute."

Overall Review: This wind even can play Netflix streaming perfectly. I'm really loving this thing, using it mostly full time; even able to (for a average sized guy) to use it comfortably on my lap, which is nice. I would highly suggest this laptop over any netbook out there, it's not annoying to "try" to take notes on like those 7" or even the 10" ones; and as a COMP SCI major I see a lot of those around. People buy them, use them for a bit, then go back to their regular sized laptops once the novelty wears off. The thing that's different is that this is actually a "real" laptop!

Pros: screen size/quality, full size keyboard, HDMI port, free cert for upgrade to Windows 7, 2GB/250 standard, faster AMD and ATI X1250 graphics over the Intel version. Not annoyingly small like the 10", still feels like a computer, very light, easily 4+ hours battery life, ability to swap out RAM/HDD w/o voiding warranty per MSI.

Cons: won't support 4GB of RAM like its Intel counterpart, but on a netbook, not the end of the world, no standard bluetooth, but has built in function key

Overall Review: would buy again, and possibly a third time

Pros: Great Keyboard. The screen and the rest of the notebook is honestly the perfect size. Not tiny and underpowered and not large, bulky and expensive like normal laptops. Decent for gaming. Runs WoW playable, HL2 decent and Phenomenal for emulators. Played through and beat chrono trigger on this baby in bed.

Cons: No scrollbar on track pad. What's that about? How could something like that not be standard by now? Oh well, you get used to it. Unusually small power button. Odd and a little awkward but not a big fault. Apparently your "free" Windows 7 offer costs you 10 dollars shipping. Meh

Overall Review: Overall a great little laptop/netbook for a terrific price. Buy it.

Pros: * Runs both Windows 7 Pro and Ubuntu 9.04 great. I use it to surf, chat, webchat (quoted great quality on other side), study, and code. It even plays 720p movies! * Runs Visual Studio 2008 pretty well: compiles fast, runs programs fast. * Good 1366x768 screen with LED backlighting + HDMI out!!! * Good battery life for an Neo chip. I get almost 4 hours in Ubuntu 9.04. Even then, the charger is nice and small enough to carry with you. * Has a Wireless-N card. * Lightweight.

Cons: A few problems that gave me headaches: * No AMD/ATI made graphics driver (and there probably will never be) for Ubuntu 9.04+. Not really MSI's fault since ATI decided this chip is 'legacy'. * Has one problem with Ubuntu 9.10 right now. The wireless rt3090 ppa driver doesn't work for me. This will probably be fixed soon. * Weird downward angle for the webcam. You'll have to open the lid further than normal. * Microphone is not very sensitive. You'll have to boost it by about 25dB. * Comes with a lot of bundleware. Get rid of these as fast as you can! * Touchpad is a little weird in Windows. Install a Synaptics driver to get scrolling function in Windows. * Don't expect to watch Hulu/Youtube in ED (480p) in fullscreen without jitter. Other modes work fine including ED non-fullscreen, though.

Overall Review: Comes with Vista but you can upgrade it to Windows 7 Home Premium for $10. It's not really free like they say. The $10 charge is for shipping a piece of paper (coupon that you send to Microsoft) to you. Instructions are in the box. I get a weird 18khz-ish noise coming out of my screen when I'm in Windows, but not when I'm in Ubuntu. If anyone else can hear this annoying noise, post a review about it.

Pros: The u210 has a nicer than usual body for a netbook, the keyboard is big(typing this on it now) and pretty comfortable to type on. I installed windows 7 on this and it runs like a champ. The screen is bright, although a bit glossy for my taste. Most important of all it plays youtube in HD and hulu without any stuttering. I'm getting about 4.5 hours of battery life in balanced mode.

Cons: The keyboard bends slightly when keys are pressed but not too noticeably. No bluetooth. No pcmcia slot. None of which are deal breakers.

Overall Review: I was looking for a netbook to take with me overseas and my main criteria on purchasing were, 12 inch screen, cpu/gpu that was better than current atom and gma standards, a big keyboard, and of course portability. The u210 delivered on all these and then some. Overall i am extremely pleased with this netbook and would recommend it to anyone looking for a new netbook.

Pros: I've had this little powerhouse for quite some time now and I'm feeling fuzzy inside to review it. I'm a developer and if you like to program, use Adobe CS4 products, play games, etc... This thing does it. Its small, but hell, you can plug a 23'' 1080p monitor in to the HDMI port and be perfectly fine. Much more than a netbook, for sure. Also, I have long fingers, so the keyboard is PERFECT. The keys are actually larger than my laptop's keyboard and it spans across the whole netbook. Lovely feature, MSI. Have had no issues with the wireless, connects up to N access points just fine. gigabit port is useful too. LCD resolution/brightness is perfect.

Cons: Webcam isnt too good, but it serves its purpose. I bought this when it was over $500 :(

Overall Review: Buy it now.