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a perfectly fine netbook when it was released in January, but the newer Toshiba NB205 and HP Mini 5101 make it look outdated.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