Same resolution (1024x600), but bigger screen. So slightly fewer DPI (but more screen estate is nice especially when you also want to watch a movie on it from time to time).
They don't ship it yet with Linux preinstalled; only Windows XP Home. I am planning to install Ubuntu anyways. Some dudes even managed to hack Mac OS on it -- and it runs pretty nicely except that WiFi doesn't work yet and it's obviously not quite legal:
Specs:
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...&cat3_no=#menu