June 4, 2008

MSI Wind Mini-Laptop Gets Thumbs Up June 4, 2008

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Back in April, MSI and Intel hooked up in Shanghai to show off a working prototype of the MSI Wind, a tiny notebook along the lines of the Asus Eee 901 and other mobile internet devices (MIDs). Now, it‘s here.

Like other new arrivals from the likes of Asus, Acer and Dell - the MSI is colourful, small and light, weighing in at 1Kg. It is powered by an Intel Atom processor and runs a choice of Windows XP Home for £250 or SUSE Linux for £150. It sports a larger screen than its rivals at 10in with a resolution of 1024 x 600, has 1GB of expandable RAM and an 80GB HDD – there is no SSD option, which is a bit of a shame.

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There’s a 4-in-1 card reader supporting SD, MMC, MS and MS Pro, 3 USB 2.0 slots, Ethernet, in-built Bluetooth and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, 1.3MP webcam and internal speakers. The 3-cell L-ion battery can be upgraded to a 6-cell version, which is good for 5.5 hours.

It looks like a contender in the MID space and, according to Laptop Magazine which has just given it 4.5/5, it’s a little cracker. Available in black, white and pink, it ships first in the US with the XP Edition on June 16.-Martin Lynch

[Laptop Magazine]

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Comments

Any one know if you can just install a copy of xp onto the linux vertion? Got a spare copy n dont wana pay £100 if its the only diference between the two.
Think im gona go for the wind rather than an Eee, specs look better for the money.
Any one know if these lil browser laptops will be able to run snes emulators n stuff? Main reason i want em is for my old games on the move :-D
J

posted-by J | June 4, 2008 1:41 PM

Have they announced these in the UK at those prices?
or are you just converting from dollahs. Cause we all know what happens when companies bring stuff to the UK....

posted-by Martin | June 4, 2008 2:12 PM

Cheapest i've seen it is £220 with 512mb ram, 8gb flash card and £250 with 1gb and 80gb HDD.

This is for the linux version.

posted-by Gareth | July 28, 2008 11:18 AM