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The MSI Wind has been a long-time top seller in the netbook world, which is not long given how new the netbook really is. I was impressed with Kevin’s original Wind and found it to be a stellar netbook. MSI is already jumping on the Pine… Read More »

In what’s sure to be a parade of new netbooks for 2010, MSI is leading the march with news of the Wind U135. Like just about every other new netbook coming soon, the U135 is built around the Intel Atom N450 at 1.66 GHz with integrated… Read More »

Kevin sifts through the thousands of gadgets he tried this year, and serves up the cream of the crop, including some suprises. Read More »

This news from DigiTimes doesn’t change time frames dramatically, but if you expected to see any next-generation Intel Atom netbooks in 2009, plan to wait just a wee bit more. Originally, there was talk of some vendors — MSI, in particular — offering netbooks with the… Read More »

I’m not sure now many different X-Slim notebooks that MSI can keep track of, but add another one to the list today. The X430 is the latest thin-and-light from MSI weighing in at 3.3 pounds — not bad for a notebook with a 14″ display. At… Read More »

This is usually the season for door-busting sales, but I think this one has to do with reducing inventory more than anything. MSI is touting a new online promotion in India, the UK, Australia and Italy, and although I’m not near any of those parts, I… Read More »

Could the six-hour runtime of a netbook go to 36 hours in the future? It sounds possible based on recent ionic battery projects. Battery technologies simply haven’t undergone a major change in years, so most of our runtime gains have come through more power efficient hardware.… Read More »

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OS X Atom Processor Support Revived (For Now)

The discovery that developer builds of OS X 10.6.2 had removed support for the Atom processor kicked off a storm on the web. On the surface it seemed that the only reason for Apple to remove the hardware support that was already in the OS was… Read More »

What’s in Store for the Future of Netbooks?

It’s hard to believe it, but it’s almost two years to the day that I took delivery of my first netbook. Actually it wasn’t called a netbook back then — it was more of a spinoff idea from the OLPC project. It doesn’t matter what you… Read More »

$800 MSI X-Slim X400 Arrives in U.S., I’d Opt for the X340

So a you need a notebook-sized display, but want the portability and light-weight of a netbook, eh? MSI has you covered. You could go with the 13-inch X-Slim line that’s been around for a bit, or you could jump up to the slightly bigger X400 that’s… Read More »

New Moblin Netbook Image Adds Support for 3G, Bluetooth and More

Adventurous netbook owners have a new download waiting for them. The latest Moblin preview image, v2.1, is available and ready to roll. I’ve downloaded it, but haven’t yet burned the Live Image to a CD for use on my Toshiba NB205. I plan to have a… Read More »

Who Will Offer the First Moblin Netbook Next Week?

Place your bets while there’s still time — with IDF around the corner, it’s almost a lock that we’ll see Moblin pre-installed on a netbook next week. But the jury is still out on who might offer it. OStatic makes a great case for Acer, since… Read More »

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