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

11:00AM 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was a perfectly fine netbook when it was released in January, but the newer Toshiba NB205 and HP Mini 5101 make it look outdated.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 »
Computers

MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook With Touchscreen

10:00AM 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 »
Computers

Openbook Nano Review: The Lazy Man’s Hackintosh Netbook

3:00AM 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 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 »
Computers

Reports: OS X 10.5.7 Improves Hackintosh Netbook Battery Life

12:40AM 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! More »
Computers

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

5:40AM 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. More »
Computers

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

7:00AM 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. More »
Computers

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

8:30PM 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. More »
Computers

MSI Wind Scores 30% Performance Boost in Free Update

4:01AM Mark Wilson | Overclocking is nothing new, but rarely is it promoted by a PC manufacturer, let alone in a netbook. But MSI has released the v1.09 BIOS update for their Wind mini-notebook that allows users to function key toggle an 8%, 15% or 24% automatic overclock that can translate to a 30% performance boost (as independently tested). You’ll notice the extra power in apps like Photoshop especially, but keep in mind that it probably won’t do wonders for the battery life. All in all, however, it sounds like an absolute must-have update. [Electric Vagabond] More »
Computers

MSI’s 3.5G-Packing Wind U120 Netbook Coming In November For Around $US550

12:00AM John Mahoney | Earlier this month we peeked at official shots of the MSI Wind’s 3.5G-equipped refresh, the 10″ U120. Now news from Taiwan is that the U120 will hit the wild in November at $US552 (converted) in both white and black, with an Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory and a 120GB hard drive loaded with Windows XP in addition to the built-in 3.5G module. Whether the November date is worldwide or Asia only does not yet appear to be confirmed. [DigiTimes] More »