MSI AIO AE1900-01SUS 18.5-Inch Touch Screen Desktop PC - White Review

MSI AIO AE1900-01SUS 18.5-Inch Touch Screen Desktop PC - White

Brand : MSI Model : AE1900-01SUS

Overall Rating :

From : 11 Reviews

Color : White / Size :

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Technical Details

Intel 1.6GHz Atom 230 CPU on board, Chipset Intel 945GC ICH7, 533 MHZ FSB
160GB Hard Drive, 1GB 533/667 Mhz DDR2 RAM, Super Multi DVD (DVD reader/writer, CD reader/wrtier), 802.11 b/g/n, GB LAN (RJ45) x 1, Modem (RJ11) x 1, 1.3MP Webcam with Microphone, USB 2.0 x 4, Mic In x 1, Headphone x 1, 4-in-1 Card Reader.
18.5in Touch Screen 16:9 aspect ratio widescreen
On-board Graphics Intel GMA 950, Windows XP Home Edition
Includes Keyboard and Mouse

Product Description

MSI AE1900 AIO TOUCH N230 WHIT

Add a sleek touch of style to your desktop with the elegant and powerful MSI Wind Top AE1900-01SUS all-in-one desktop PC. You'll help reduce your desk of non-essential clutter while also enjoying its brightly colorful 18.5-inch widescreen--perfect for watching high-definition movies as well as moving between a large assortment of open windows and applications. But more than just a beautiful screen, the touchscreen-enabled Wind Top AE1900's display allows you to simply touch the screen to access all PC functions. The Wind Top AE1900 also has a transparent frame design that adds a designer touch to your office or living room.

The Wind Top AE1900's elegant white color and glassy frame make it a great choice for both office and living room (see larger image).

It's powered by the next-generation 1.6 GHz Intel Atom 230 processor, which includes innovative hafnium-infused circuitry that reduces electrical current leakage in transistors to conserve energy. A power miser, the Wind Top AE1900 needs only 45 watts of power while in full operation (results may vary under conditions and settings), which saves up to 80 percent of power compared to traditional PC--providing the perfect balance between efficiency and power usage (and meeting the highest qualifications, like Energy Star 5.0). The Wind Top AE1900 is also nicely quiet, thanks to the latest cooling technology to control the noise level no more than 26 decibels, which is as quiet as a library.

The AE1900-01SUS Wind Top PC is outfitted with a 160 GB hard drive, 1 GB of RAM (non-expandable), a DVD burner (with dual-layer support), 1.3-megapixel webcam with integrated microphone, 4-in-1 memory card reader, stereo speakers with SRS Premium Sound, and Microsoft Windows XP Home. It connects to your network either via ultra-fast Gigabit Ethernet or via Draft-N Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n). The Wind Top AE1900 also comes with a color-matched mouse and multimedia keyboard. It also comes with two MSI-exclusive games: MSI Chicken Shake and MSI Star Mission--both of which can be controlled by the motion of your face through the webcam.

Widescreen, High Definition Touchscreen
The MSI Wind Top AE1900's 18.5-inch screen (1366 x 768) has a 16:9 display ratio that adds 14 percent more viewing space compared to regular 16:10 screens and shows no black bars on the top and bottom of the screen--perfect for displaying HD images and high quality movies. With a 5-millisecond response time, the display is realistic and quick with no delays, so characters remain vivid. It also offers a 160-degree viewing angle, high 1000:1 contrast ratio and 250 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, which can display detailed and colorful images even with darker or more complicated pictures.

The touchscreen makes it easy to access all of your applications, which are sorted into four categories: Work, Fun, Tool, and Web.

The MSI Easy Viewer (above left) allows you to browse, enlarge, minimize and rotate, while the SoftStylus application (above right) enables onscreen handwriting.

In addition to its high definition resolution, the Wind Top AE1900 offers touchscreen functionality that's paired with a friendly, intuitive user interface--simply touch the screen to access all PC functions. The UI also sorts applications into four categories--Work, Fun, Tool, and Web--and you can browse all of the options via your fingertips across the screen and start programs by touching the graphic icons.

The Wind Top AE1900 also comes with two touch-optimized applications: MSI Easy Viewer and SoftStylus. The MSI Easy Viewer photo viewing software allows you to quickly browse, enlarge, minimize and rotate all of your pictures, while the SoftStylus offers easy touchscreen input via natural handwriting or a touch-enabled softkeyboard (and it supports 18 languages).

The screen is paired with two sets of 3-watt stereo speakers and the SRS Premium Sound suite of audio technologies, which provides immersive surround sound from just two speakers (or a pair of headphones), deep, rich bass, and an intuitive user interface with a variety of presets.

Power-Sipping Processor
The Intel Atom 230 processor uses a brand new 45nm (nanometer) design structure that provides a 1.6 GHz CPU speed with a 533 MHz front-side bus (FSB) and 512 KB L2 cache--which uses just 4 watts of power. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance. The FSB carries data between the CPU and RAM, and a faster front-side bus will deliver better overall performance.) It supports Intel's EM64T 64-bit computing architecture, which can allow the use of extended virtual and physical memory with compatible 64-bit software, as well as Intel's Hyper-Threading technology for speedier multitasking.

More Features

160 GB hard drive (7200 RPM)

1 GB DDRII 533 MHz SDRAM (no memory slot; memory chip is mounted on the motherboard)

Integrated Intel GMA950 graphics chip with up to 228 MB of video memory shared with the system memory

Tray-loading DVD Super Multi drive, supports dual-layer burning

1.3-megapixel webcam with integrated microphone

Keyboard with hot keys on keyboard to control screen brightness and function buttons for media playback and control of web browser and email

Windows XP Home operating system

Angle-adjustable foot stand

Dimenions: 14.37 x 18.74 x 1.93 inches

Networking, Connectivity & Expansion
Be ready for the next platform in wireless connectivity with the integrated Draft-N Wi-Fi chip. Based on the draft 802.11n Wi-Fi specification, it offers up to five times the performance and twice the wireless range as existing 802.11g wireless. It's also backward compatible with 802.11b/g networks (commonly found in home routers and Wi-Fi hotspots). The Wind Top AE1900 also includes a super-fast Gigabit Ethernet connection (10/100/1000) for maximum throughput from your broadband connection as well as fast transferring and backing up of files to networked hard drives. Here's the full list of connection options:

4 USB 2.0 ports for connecting a wide range of peripherals--from digital cameras to MP3 players (2 on the back, 2 on the side)

1 headphone/line-out

1 microphone/line-in

1 RJ-45 Ethernet jack

4-in-1 memory card reader (supports SD/MMC/MS/XD)

Bundled Software
Microsoft Office 2007 (trial version of 25 times), MSI Wind Touch, MSI Easy Viewer, MSI Burn Recovery, MSI Controller, MSI Q-Face, MSI Easy Face, MSI Star Mission game, MSI Chicken Shake game, WinRAR (trial version of 40 days), SoftStylus, Adobe Reader, BurnNow, Cyberlink PowerProducer, Cyberlink PowerDVD8, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Cyberlink Power2Go, Cyberlink DVD Suite, Cyberlink PhotoNow, Gimp2 (photo/image editing) , Dia (drawing), Ganttproject (project management), FreeMind (mind mapping), GeoGebra (interactive geometry), Java 6, Microsoft DirectX, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft MSN

What's in the Box
This package includes the MSI Wind Top AE1900-01SUS, power cord, mouse, multimedia keyboard, and printed operating instructions.

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Customer Reviews (see all-reviews)

DJS ( SoCal USA )

Light Duty

This is a light duty computer, stick to email, browsing and you will be fine. For the price I think it's a great machine, if you need more power step up to the AE2200 for not that much more.
Start watching Flash video, or even full screen Skype calls and it will struggle. I put mine inthe kitchen for Hulu and recipes, and it's perfect.
The setup process takes way too long, and Vista is a dog on this Atom processor. I installed a clean copy of Windows 7, and it works much better. You will need to download or install from the CD the touch screen drivers if you go the Win7 route. I suggest WinXP or Win7 on a computer with specs like this.
No VESA mount so you can't install a wall mount without some customization.

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Mark Chad ( Eveleth, MN )

GREAT all in one computer, but...

I found one problem and one problem only with this computer, it comes pre-loaded with Windows Vista. I have read reviews on the fact that this computer doesn't have a speedy enough processor so I tried it out with Vista...after turning it on I had to wait 1hour to finally tinker with the thing. Boy, Microsoft, with an install this long you have really outdone yourself. Once I finally got Windows to install and work I figured I'd make a Windows startup disk(yes you heard me right, you pay all this money for a machine and Microsoft expects you to make the startup disk). So I click the link on the desktop that Vista has kindly placed there for me and I put the DVD in the drive and then...bam...Windows has encountered a fatal error. Well after 3 times trying this unsuccessfully and the computer slowing to a crawl at this point, I decided it was time to install Ubuntu. Thank god for such a wonderful, free creation. Most parts of this computer worked straight out of the box, has zero problem with wifi, the dvd drive and various other basic items this computer has. I did find the display had to be tweaked a bit to get it to look better, and the touch screen was acting a bit funny, but other than two minor problems, this computer works FAST. Burning discs works without a hitch and running various programs works no problem now. So in summary, this is a great computer if you are looking for an all in one. The price is right and the hardware it has is impressive. I would strongly recommend scrapping vista at your earliest convenience, however.

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Phil Leitch ( minnesota )

Screen doesn't appear to work at all, black.

Just got this today and quickly unboxed it as I wanted to see it in action. Picked it up as a second machine to test html in Windows browsers. Unfortunately the screen on mine seems to be a lemon. Machine powers up but I never see anything on the screen. Was hesitant to buy this instead of a laptop but now I think since I'll have to send this back anyway I'm going to look into something else.

Pretty sure this is a problem with the machine and not user error but could be wrong as the documentation is pretty sparse.

I am packing it up tonight to ship back tomorrow so if anybody knows of a solution to my problem let me know.

Giving it three stars because based on other reviews it seems to be an okay machine. I seem to have just gotten a rotten one, which could happen to any manufacturer so I don't hold it against them. Well I guess I do since I plan to replace it with something else.

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James ( Houston, TX )

Great Extra computer for the family

I purchased the AE1900-05SUS and after about 2 hours it was up and running, I'm impressed with the speed it not only looks cool but this All in one is great if you need the space, I wanted a new toy to play with in the Den and this computer is fun, the touch screen is fun to play with. The DVD-RW drive is great. The Keyboard and mice are OK and do work great, Overall I think this computer for the price is a 9. I was surprised the screen size is bigger than I expected.

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D. Gardenhire ( Oklahoma )

Great all in one

I received this computer and I really like everything about it.. the looks are above most computers, not to mention the options.. It loads everything fast, and the dvd player works with any dvds I play.. I had an Hp touchsmart and it would only play region one dvds.. We enjoy the ease of touchscreen, but the accessories work just as well. Mine is in my kitchen and takes up very little space.. It is in a bright white casing, with clear plastic around that.. Just looks awesome...All in all, you cant beat the price for an all in one computer with a touchscreen monitor..

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