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06 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

MSI at CES: Wind U115/U120, NetOn PC, entertainment & gaming laptops

MSI at CES: Wind U115/U120, NetOn PC, entertainment & gaming laptops

Share If you thought that MSI would allow CES to pass it by without unleashing a veritable smorgasbord of new kit upon us, you’re dead wrong. For starters, the company will be showcasing its Wind U115 and U120 netbooks for the first time in the public eye at CES, and those oh-so-intriguing NetOn all-in-one machines [...]

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06 January 2009 ~ 0 Comments

MSI unveils ultra-thin X-Slim 320

MSI unveils ultra-thin X-Slim 320

Share MSI has unveiled the 13.4-inch X-Slim 320 (is that you, U300?), which at 1.98cm and about 2.87 pounds puts it just a teensy bit lighter and thicker than its Cupertino-born doppelganger, and comes with either a 4 or 8 cell battery that lasts up to 10 hours. The company provides no specs in its [...]

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30 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

MSI U115 Hybrid SSD / HDD netbook unleashed

MSI U115 Hybrid SSD / HDD netbook unleashed

Share MSI’s officially launched the U115 Hybrid netbook we saw not too long ago, which can operate both SSD and HDD drives at the same time. The 10-inch (1024 x 600 resolution) laptop primarily uses the SSD, reserving the HDD for storage, and boasts an “Eco Mode” button which will temporarily disconnect the HDD to [...]

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26 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

MSI Wind desktop now available in Japan

MSI Wind desktop now available in Japan

Share Remember that thrifty MSI Wind Desktop that came out here in August? A slightly meatier version — which looks like the one that was supposed to be out in September — is now available in Japan. The CD100-JP Nettop still lacks a hard drive, RAM and operating system, but it’s now equipped with a [...]

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21 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

Mac OS on a netbook? Here’s the compatibility list.

Mac OS on a netbook? Here’s the compatibility list.

Share Who needs Psystar? Apple says it’s had “pretty interesting ideas” for a Mac netbook, but it’s everyday users who’ve already taken action. Due to their similar technical underpinnings, most of the popular netbooks can run OS X, but there are plenty of caveats: non-functioning components which lack drivers and need to be replaced—or which [...]

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15 December 2008 ~ 0 Comments

MSI releases Mac OS X Wi-Fi drivers for the Wind netbook

MSI releases Mac OS X Wi-Fi drivers for the Wind netbook

Share Seeing that the need for a warranty-voiding Wi-Fi module switch was the only thing keeping users from easily making convincing mini-MacBooks, MSI has semi-released OS X wireless drivers for the Wind.After pelting MSI with unlikely requests for OS X driver support, a number of users on the MSIWind.net forums have received responses from the [...]

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