typing

A while back, we challenged the fiercest typists in our office to a mini-notebook typeoff with the Eee PC, the HP Mini-Note and the CTL 2Go PC. The HP Mini-Note, with an average word per minute (wpm) score of 53.25, emerged the victor.

Now that the newest mini-notebook, the MSI Wind, has graced our office, we had to put it to the test. Our top type-off typers (say that three times fast), Emily “Key Crusher” Kizer and Avram “The ESC Artist” Piltch, took Ten Thumbs Typing Tutor’s “To be or not to be” test on the Wind and emerged with scores of 80 wpm and 74 wpm, respectively.

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