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MSI’s Wind Top AE1900 takes on the touchscreen nettop competition, but singularly fails to excite

Review Date: 1 Sep 2009

Reviewed By: Sasha Muller

Price when reviewed: £475 (£546 inc VAT)

Buy it now for: £330
(see more store prices)

Overall Rating

Features & Design
4 stars out of 6

Value for Money
3 stars out of 6

Performance
3 stars out of 6

Warranty
Warranty	1 yr return to base

Motherboard
Motherboard	MSI MS-7438
Motherboard chipset	Intel i945G
Conventional PCI slots free	0
Conventional PCI slots total	0
PCI-E x16 slots free	0
PCI-E x16 slots total	0
PCI-E x8 slots free	0
PCI-E x8 slots total	0
PCI-E x4 slots free	0
PCI-E x4 slots total	0
PCI-E x1 slots free	0
PCI-E x1 slots total	0
Internal SATA connectors	0
Internal SAS connectors	0
Internal PATA connectors	0
Internal floppy connectors	0
Wired adapter speed	1,000Mbits/sec

Hard disk
Hard disk	Western Digital WD1600BEVT
Capacity	160GB
Hard disk usable capacity	149GB
Internal disk interface	SATA/300
Spindle speed	5,400RPM
Cache size	8MB
Hard disk 2 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 2 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 formatted capacity	N/A
Hard disk 2 spindle speed	N/A
Hard disk 2 cache size	N/A
Hard disk 3 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 3 nominal capacity	N/A
Hard disk 4 make and model	N/A
Hard disk 4 nominal capacity	N/A

Rear ports
USB ports (downstream)	4
PS/2 mouse port
Electrical S/PDIF audio ports	0
Optical S/PDIF audio output ports	0
Modem
3.5mm audio jacks	2

Graphics card
Multiple SLI/CrossFire cards?
Graphics chipset	Intel GMA 950
Graphics card RAM	128MB
DVI-I outputs	0
HDMI outputs	0
VGA (D-SUB) outputs	0
DisplayPort outputs	0

Monitor
Monitor make and model	N/A
Resolution screen horizontal	1,366
Resolution screen vertical	768
Resolution	1366 x 768
Pixel response time	5ms
Screen brightness	1,000cd/m2
DVI inputs	0
HDMI inputs	0
VGA inputs	0
DisplayPort inputs	0

Case
Case format	All-in-one
Dimensions	476 x 49 x 365mm (WDH)

Free drive bays
Free front panel 5.25in bays	0

Front ports
Front panel memory card reader

Mouse & Keyboard
Mouse and keyboard	MSI corded

Operating system and software
OS family	Windows XP
Recovery method	Burn own recovery discs
Software supplied	Cyberlink DVD Suite

Noise and power
Idle power consumption	40W
Peak power consumption	43W

Performance tests
Overall application benchmark score	0.36
Office application benchmark score	0.40
2D graphics application benchmark score	0.31
Encoding application benchmark score	0.38
Multitasking application benchmark score	0.34