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If you’re anything like me you’re having trouble keeping up with which budget ultraportable has been released and which hasn’t; MSI’s gleeful announcement of their Wind notebook is next up today, complete with the boast that it’s the first such 10-inch device to feature Intel’s Atom CPU. Of course, ASUS’ Eee PC 1000 also has [...]
This dumpy, dusty slab is in fact MSI’s upcoming standalone GPS unit, the MS-5654. Appearing courtesy of the FCC, the device is based around a 4.3-inch touchscreen with minimal hardware controls, and will feature either 1GB or 2GB of internal storage and basic media playback functionality. Under the hood, a 372MHz Centrality CPU [...]
Crave UK has been spending some hands-on time with one of the key upcoming rivals to ASUS’ Eee PC, the MSI Wind, and come away singing its praises. They’ve also highlighted some neat hardware features, such as an overclock button that, when on mains power, automatically ratchets the CPU up by 20-percent. On battery, the [...]
Deep down, in my geeky heart of hearts, I know the one thing that can turn a good piece of tech into a kick-ass gadget is a big red button. Thankfully MSI know that too, which is obviously why they’ve added a bright red overclock button to their GeForce N9600GT Diamond graphics card that they [...]
ASUS aren’t the only manufacturer planning a desktop version of their budget ultraportable; MSI too have been looking at alternative form factors for their Wind notebook. The Wind PC is the result, powered by Intel’s power-thrifty 1.33Ghz Atom (Z250) Silverthorne processor with passive cooling. In this prototype they’re using a standard 3.5-inch hard-drive and desktop DVD [...]
We weren’t sure the last time about which processor MSI plans to put into its Eee PC killer. Well, now we know that MSI Wind will be using Atom processor, Intel’s newest portable chip. The 10-inch LED based display sports 1024×600 pixel resolution.
This week’s highlight has been the SlashGear team knuckling down to cover HTC’s London launch of the Touch Diamond smartphone. Our hands-on video of the Windows Mobile 6.1 device is pulling in some serious views, so if the thought of a 3G iPhone is leaving you cold then you need to be checking out the [...]
MSI have taken a brief hiatus from pushing their Wind rival to the ASUS Eee, and launched the Titan 700 small form-factor PC. Measuring just 185 × 240 × 70mm, the compact computer uses a Mini-ITX board complete with a 2GHz VIA C7 processor, integrated VIA CN700 graphics and 1GB of RAM. It seems particularly [...]
Online retailer eXpansys have revealed pre-order pricing for the MSI Wind, for both the Linux and Windows XP versions of the 10-inch ultraportable. For the XP Home version, eXpansys are asking £350 - or $610 through eXpansys USA - while the Linux version is £320 ($560 in the US). That makes the Linux [...]
If Gateway’s or Alienware’s gaming laptops don’t meet with your approval, how about MSI’s offering? The GX600X is an evolution of the GX600, packed with an Intel Centrino Duo CPU, 3GB of DDR2 RAM, a 15.4-inch widescreen display driven by NVIDIA’s 8600M GT, HDMI and an e-SATA connector. It also has the curious ‘Turbo’ button, [...]
