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MSI Wind U160 Netbook Claims 15-Hour One-Charge Power

7:58AM March 9, 2010 | Brian Barrett

MSI has updated their netbook line once again. While the U130 and U135 already packed Intel’s latest Pine Trail processor, the U160 is throwing down the battery gauntlet. Fifteen hours on one charge? That’s nuts. More »

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MSI Wind U130 And U135 Netbooks Boast Pine Trail Chips

3:05AM December 22, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

A couple of new netbooks have hit the “just announced” pool, and while MSI’s Wind models don’t usually grab me, the U130 and U135 do, thanks to the inclusion of Atom’s new Pine Trail processors. More »

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MSI Wind U110 Eco Updated (Slightly) With 15-Hour Battery Life

11:00AM September 22, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

MSI’s Wind U110 was a perfectly fine netbook when it was released in January, but the newer Toshiba NB205 and HP Mini 5101 make it look outdated. MSI updated the U110 with a 15-hour, 9-cell battery, but is that enough? More »

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MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook With Touchscreen

10:00AM August 26, 2009 | Joanna Stern

We heard that MSI may release a touchscreen netbook with Intel’s next generation Pine Trail Atom platform, and it will. According to MSI, the new Intel Atom chipset is planned to be officially launched at CES. More »

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Openbook Nano Review: The Lazy Man’s Hackintosh Netbook

3:00AM August 26, 2009 | Mark Wilson

I’m a little torn. In even acknowledging the OpenBook Nano, I ensure that Apple will shut down Macwind, the company selling stock MSI Wind U100s preloaded with OS X for $US399. But that’s not the worst of it. More »

Gadgets

Convert A Netbook Battery Into An iPhone Battery

10:20PM July 29, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Why would you hack your MSI Wind’s battery to add a USB port when you can just connect your iPhone or any other device to the netbook’s USB port? Well, just because you can. More »

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Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life

12:40AM May 15, 2009 | John Herrman

Some folks on the MSI Wind forums are reporting a huge increase in battery life for hacktintosh netbooks after upgrading to 10.5.7. Why would Apple care about power management on Atom-based hardware? Dunno!

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Power-sipping Touchscreen MSI Wind Top All-in-One Is Cheaper Than Some Netbooks

5:40AM April 21, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

MSI has gotten more official with its Wind Top AE1900—the nettop that only needs a 45W trickle of power—finally giving us a price: $US529. Which is cheaper than some “netbooks” nowadays.

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MSI Wind Battery ‘Mod’ Can Go All Night (and Day) Long

7:00AM April 13, 2009 | Jack Loftus

Armed with an MSI Wind U115, 9-cell battery and some time, Johannes from Eee PC.de created what very well may be the Sting of netbooks. Stamina—er, battery life—was an astounding 25 hours.

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MSI Encourages Hackintosh, Leaks OS X Wi-Fi Drivers for the Wind

8:30PM December 15, 2008 | John Herrman

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.

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