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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

MSI Offers LCD Mountable WindBOX

Posted by Hooch Tan in "Digital Home News" @ 11:00 AM

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/26/...-ride-your-lcd/

"Finally, a nettop we can really support. Rather than forcing consumers to deal with yet another underpowered box on their desk, MSI is enabling Earthlings to totally conceal said underpowered box so long as they have an LCD monitor with a VESA-compatible mount. The WindBOX, which actually broke cover back in November, is now completely official, and within the slim slab will be a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, Intel's GMA 950 graphics set, 802.11b/g WiFi, audio in / out, three USB 2.0 sockets, a VGA port and a 3-in-1 multicard reader for good measure. There's no mention of a price, but it should start filtering out later this quarter."

I like nettops as they're extremely low powered computers that can handle my day to day computing and take up a minimum of space. MSI intends to take this even further with their WindBOX which can mount onto the back of LCDs that have a VESA mount. VESA mountable PCs have been around a long time, but they've also traditionally either been underpowered or expensive or both. If this could be paired with a touch-screen LCD, I could see this having lots of tempting uses all over the house like looking up recipes in the kitchen. What would you use a dandy WindBOX/LCD combo for?


Tuesday, December 30, 2008

MSI Wind Hybrid

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 07:00 PM

http://www.dailytech.com/MSI+Unveil...rticle13807.htm

"The Wind has proven to be popular with many netbook fans and in October of 2008 MSI announced that it had the successor to the Wind U100 netbook in the works. MSI has now made the specifications for the U100's new sibling public. The MSI Wind U115 is the world's first hybrid storage notebook. The machine uses an SSD for the OS to get the benefits of fast booting and data access with an internal HDD to provide more storage space for documents, music, and other data."

Looks like the best of both worlds. However, this assumes that they are using an SSD with an actual speed advantage. I seem to recall reviews showing that the SSD's from some of the netbooks were not geared for performance.

Tags: SSD, MSI

Sunday, October 5, 2008

MSI Wind U90X Disappoints

Posted by Chris Gohlke in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 01:00 AM

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lap...i-wind-u90.aspx

"The MSI Wind U100, released in June, was the first mini-notebook to sport a 10-inch display, a near full sized keyboard and a traditional hard drive (as opposed to solid state). The company has now released in select countries (including Canada) the Wind U90X, a fraternal twin to the original with a smaller 8.9-inch screen. While it still has some of the same features that helped the U100 garner our Editors’ Choice award, the U90X ultimately isn’t in the same league. Its SUSE Linux operating system is at times downright frustrating, and the less than two hours of battery life is poor."

Two big misses for the new MSI. Starting to look like Ubuntu is the standout leader for Linux on Netbooks. I've been running it on my Eee for a while now and find it to be a big improvement and Dell's decision to include it is a big plus in their column in my book.

Tags: MSI, Wind, SUSE, Ubuntu

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