MSI U115 Hybrid: Does anyone have any inside info on this netbook I really could have used one by this friday but I'm prepared to make my old, sea anchor for a laptop work until the U115 comes out.
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What do you mean by inside info? Someone on another board said that they contacted MSI and they said that it was scheduled for release mid-March. Is that what you mean?
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actually the DVD works very well now with the netbook I have. I should update my last comments..soon - the window XP model was from a few years back 1005HA. But I don't see why this hardward is not working with the new one. There is a support number sticker on the netbook bottom. You can call just double check and will send if you don't have it.
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I doubt that's correct with newegg.com. I think they just wrote that, and will update accordingly. I do hope Amazon gets more in stock. I bought a ul80vt, but want to exchange it. However cannot get it exchanged obviously, since there is none to exchange it with. I love the laptop and just hope they get some new ones soon.
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@Christopher. I asked one of the many eBay vendors offering this item with the March 11 ship date if he was going to be able to fulfill the March 11th date he claimed. He said yes but that he was way oversold on the item and that Asus was way under-prepared to fulfill the demand. Because of that I went ahead and pre-ordered from Amazon hoping that I would be able to get one. Nothing on Newegg either.Please let us know if you get your order fulfilled. Good luck.Cort
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I've got to say that I'm a bit disappointed that virtually the same computer that was released only days ago will soon be one-upped. On the other hand, when the UL30JT is finally released, something even better will no doubt follow quickly on its heels. This is of course the nature of technological advance. The A1 however, currently fills a particular niche (performance+price+endurance) and fills it extremely well, especially for my needs. I'm still very excited for the A1 and can't wait to unbox mine.
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Tested? I don't know. I did order it based on comments in another thread. The netbook has shipped. I haven't received a shipping confirmation on the memory yet. There are comments elsewhere on Amazon about people using the faster memory without any trouble. I am more likely to leave comments in these discussion threads than write a review after I've used the netbook some.
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Recieved mine today in the Mail from Amazon, my u31jg-xa1 is already doing this to me. I really want them to work! :[ please, i want to enjoy this beautiful laptop in it's entirety.
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I too want the GPS version, and i wish they kick the ram to 2GB and switch to the better Atom N instead of the old fashioned Z!!c'mon Asus, this isn't a cheap netbook after all..throw us some good specs!
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It has been out of stock since July. There were some noticeable problems with these laptops (in design). Customer complaints about really bad backlight leaking, bent keyboards (in the middle), and the USB slots do not align with the outside shell. Hopefully ASUS tries to fix these issues for a second revision of this laptop. They are coming out with another line of ultrabooks with dedicated graphics minus the IPS screen (:-/). ASUS S Series (this month or next month will be the "official release")
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Thanks for the info thus far, Paul. I've been out of the country, lugging my 8 pound Dell Vostro around with me, wishing I had this baby. Sounds like the wifi card is good. Like the backlit keyboard? I assume the battery life will not be earth shatteringly long what with all the bells and whistles. The two reviews written thus far have provided about zero useful info, so if you can, keep it coming.
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There appears to be conflicting opinions as to whether 2Gigs of memory will improve performance with this netbook. I was just about ready to order the upgrade until reading these comments.Has anyone here upgraded and if so can you say for sure that it has sped things up at all? I actually just called Acer tech support and was told that the Acer Aspire One A0532h-2588, cannot be upgraded to 2GB. So I don't know what to believe now.
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Thanks Superhero Jonathan! So helpful. I guess I am watching to see when UL80VT comes back into stock here in the next 24-48 hours if the Asus rep is right.
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No recall, these companies are too cheap to do that. As far as hardware issues, the Intel Wireless 7260 series just seems bad. Even with the latest drivers I would steer clear of it. I've been running Linux instead of Windows on the SVP and it's behaved itself but I have a Dell M3800 as well for work that uses this same wireless chipset. That laptop completely fails to connect with wireless if you've woken it from sleep. This is with the August 2014 drivers. I'd say just skip this generation of ultrabooks if you can.
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Waiting, I am wondering if I am falling for a lot of hype or will this be a top laptop. The best buy version did not impress me, I hope this version will. No news on release date but you can bet its a foul up with hw or sw. Lets hope software.
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Grrr... I bought the MSI Wind U120-020 US with the extra 1 G RAM - because the site said "upgradeable to 2 G". I just finished opening it up and in the process voiding my warrantee only to find NO RAM SLOT. So I came back here to look for more technical info and here is this thread. There is definitely NO RAM SLOT AVAILABLE so keep that in mind when buying.
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I'm waiting for the release of the 6 cell version. I don't want to have a small, take anywhere laptop that needs a plug to work after two hours of use. There are other, similar subnotebooks coming out soon too. The Acer one, Dell (whatever, don't know if it has a name), the new ASUS 901 and 1000 series, and, very likely, there will be more. Buying one now is great if you can find one, and I would like to, but I don't want to feel buyer's remorse in a short period of time.
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FWIW the Amazon Canada site says it is due for release Feb 8th.http://www.amazon.ca/ASUS-Seashell-1001P-MU17-BK-10-1-Inch-Netbook/dp/B00322PYUY/ref=sr_1_4/177-9098976-7904302?ie=UTF8&s;=electronics&qid;=1264457876&sr;=1-4