Because it boots up in a few seconds, rather than thinking of the Acer as a minilaptop it might make more sense to view it as a beefed-up personal digital assistant, such as an old PalmPilot or Psion, but with a better screen and a proper keyboard.
Acer, a crosstown rival in Taipei and first responder to Asustek's innovation, has since surpassed Asustek to become the number one company in the mini-laptop category.
Impress got their hands on an unofficially released MSI Wind PC (the mini-PC, not the low-cost laptop) and subjected the 1.33GHz Atom processor to a suite of standard tests.