VIDEO: Starcraft II Beta on MSI Wind U100

Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Denise

This is so cool. You know that you can’t play games on a netbook, right? And that the only gaming netbook that would let you get at least decent gaming experience is the Alienware M11x. Sure, you can play a few games but not as well as when you’re using a more powerful laptop with a better processor and graphic card.

Okay, so what I think is cool is that Netbooks Spain was able to load a a beta version of one of my favorite games, Starcraft II on an MSI Wind U100. The game is playable if you adjust the graphics to 800 x 600.

This is also the beta version of the game so the final StarCraft II may (or may not) run better on netbooks. I’m thinking (hoping) better because of the Nvidia ION graphic card.

The MSI Wind U100 from Amazon has the following specs:

Intel Atom 1.6 GHz Processor, 512 KB L2 Cache, 533 MHz Bus speed

1GB DDR2 667MHz RAM, 2 GB Max

160 GB SATA Hard Drive

Windows XP Home Edition

3 Cell Battery

Built-in Gigabit Ethernet LAN and Modem Module, Built-in 802.11b/g WLAN Card

It’s available for $299.99.