Kevin, James, I’m incredibly lucky to have come across this video before I went out and bought myself an Acer Aspire. I’d made my mind up that it was the netbook for me but considering that Skype Video is going to be one of my most used applications I’m amazed to hear that you felt it gave a very poor experience. Have you tested the Dell Inspiron Mini with Skype Video yet?

I hate to be a “negative nellie” but Kevin’s audio quality is not nearly as good as what I usually hear on your skype chats.
Is it expected that the quality wont be quite as good because you are using a netbook?

I can definitely vouch for the quality of the MSI Wind, cam and mic. Have used it for US – Europe Skpye video and for Ustream broadcasts too without any problems.

Intel might have done too good a job with Atom. Take the Asus N10 for example. A 10″ laptop with HDMI, PCIExpress, high quality speakers, discreet GPU, high quality materials…and Atom inside!

Steve.

Shawn, I agree. I’m going to pull this video temporarily (but not the post) and we’ll be recording another one very shortly. I’ll then embed the new video to replace the old one. Due to the background noise, you’re only getting to see one-half of the Skype experience, i.e.: the video. The integrated mic of the MSI Wind isn’t well represented, so we’ll do new vid from the home offices. Thanks!

Kevin’s sound quality not good. Sounds like he is a long way away from the mic.