Netbooks may have been seen as the recession-proof answer to dwindling consumer electronics budgets, but failed sales goals suggest otherwise. Acer, ASUS and MSI are all said to have missed their sales targets for the first three months of 2009, according to channel vendors, pushing two of the three companies to invest more heavily in CULV ultraportables.
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MSI Wind Top AE1900 hits US for $529
MSI have finally announced US availability for their touchscreen nettop, the MSI Wind Top AE1900. First spotted back in February, the Wind Top AE1900 has an 18.5-inch 16:9 aspect touchscreen, Intel Atom processor and up to 250GB of storage.
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MSI GX403 gaming notebook announced
The MSI GX403 gaming notebook was announced today, which updates the company's smallest device intended for gaming with a few significant changes. The notebook holds onto a 14-inch display but tacks on a speedy GeForce GT 130M graphics card for improved performance.
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MSI X-Slim X340 size-comparison with iPhone 3G, Lenovo X301
We can't get enough of the MSI X-Slim X340 ultraportable here at SlashGear, and after catching up with MSI themselves at CTIA this week this is one notebook we're really looking forward to trying out. You can see our video demo of the X340 here, but if you're wondering just how thin the latest X-Slim is, NewGadgets' photoshoot should prove educational.
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MSI X-Slim X340 gets hands-on, benchmarks
We grabbed some hands-on time with the MSI X-Slim X340 at MobileFocus, but LaptopMag's Mark Spoonauer is obviously far more persuasive (or light-fingered) than we are, as he got to take the slender ultraportable back to his hotel room for the night. That gave him time to try out the Intel CULV notebook's media credentials, as well as run some preliminary benchmarks.
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MSI Wind U123, X-Slim X320 & X340 video demo
After MSI confirmed the US specs for their Wind U123 netbook and larger X-Slim X320 and X340 ultraportables yesterday, we were keen to spend some hands-on time with the slick notebooks. Of the selection, the MSI X-Slim X340 is undoubtedly our favorite, but there’s plenty to recommend the others: how about 5.5hrs runtime from the 6-cell battery, or 8.5hrs from the 9-cell, on the Wind U123?
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MSI Wind U123, X-Slim X320 & X340 US specs confirmed
MSI have announced full specifications for their Wind U123 netbook and X-Slim X320 & X340 ultraportable notebooks. As in Japan, the 10.2-inch U123 has the Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, WWAN and a TV-tuner; meanwhile the X-Slim X320 has an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor and optional 3G/WiMAX. The X-Slim X340 uses Intel's SU3500 CULV processor.
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MSI Wind Top AE1900 gets hands-on
MSI's Wind Top AE1900 touchscreen all-in-one had its official launch yesterday, and already we're seeing the first hands-on reports. Section Addiction caught up with the 18.5-inch nettop, going so far as to check out its power demands, fan noise, and the possibility of 1080p on the Atom-based PC.
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MSI X-Slim X340 engineering sample gets video demo
After MSI's X-Slim X340 was spotted doing its envelope shimmy we demanded a full review of the low-priced Air rival. That's still not been forthcoming, but we do have a new hands-on video to tide us over.
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MSI Wind Top AE1900 touchscreen nettop official
MSI have officially announced their latest touchscreen nettop all-in-one, the MSI Wind Top AE1900. First spotted on the company's Japanese site back in February, the 18.5-inch nettop has a single-core Intel Atom 230 processor, up to 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard-drive, together with a DVD burner.
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MSI GX733 17-inch Turion X2 notebook
MSI have announced a new AMD-based notebook, the 17-inch MSI GX733. Based on AMD's Turion X2 dual-core CPU, the GX733 has 2GB of RAM (4GB max), up to 500GB hard-drive and ATI Mobility Radeon HD4670 (512MB DDR3) graphics.
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MSI X-Slim X340 Air-esque envelope video
Apple's MacBook Air envelope advert is probably one of the most iconic pieces of ultraportable branding from the past few years, and it set a bar that new notebooks love to take pot-shots at. Given the striking similarity between the Air and MSI's X-Slim X340, it seems all too appropriate that the 13-inch notebook should try an envelope test of its own.
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