MSI Wind Top AE2220 AIO Now Available

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We have already talked about the MSI Wind Top AE2220 before when it was first unveiled back in October. MSI has now announced that the AE2220 is officially available to purchase in the US. In case you missed the machine the first time around I will run down the specs for you.

The AIO has a 21.5-inch screen with a 16:9 widescreen display and a 1080p resolution. The AIO machine also has 5.1-channel SRS surround sound and uses NVIDIA ION graphics to support 1080p playback. The CPUs available include Intel Core 2 Duo and Pentium dual core processors. Read more

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

MSI Launches Wind12 U230 Light Notebook

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Am I the only one that thinks we have too many categories of notebook these days? It's getting to the point where it's hard to tell just what should be called what. Take the new MSI Wind12 U230. (via Engadget) It weighs less than 3 pounds (2.9, to be exact) and it packs a power-efficient 1.6 GHz Athlon Neo X2 processor. So far it sounds like a netbook.

Ahh...but it only offers 4 hours of battery life, and it comes with a 12.1” screen, which moves it from netbook to ultra-portable notebook. I think. Honestly, what we call it doesn't matter. It looks pretty and it has a “Brand new msi Ergonomic De-stress Keyboard”. Although I can't personally speak to how ergonomic that keyboard is, MSI seems to be quite proud of it.

Posted on Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:11:56 CST | by Robert Evans

MSI eBook Reader Based On Nvidia Tegra Coming 2010

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eBook readers are soon going to be a standard offering by computer makers. According to Digitimes, MSI chairman Joseph Hsu said that MSI is currently in development of a Nvidia Tegra powered eReader.
Further details about the MSI eBook reader are supposed to be revealed in the first half of 2010. I assume we will see at least a glimpse of the MSI eBook reader at the CES 2010.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI U210 Now Shipping in Canada

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Our Canadian friends will be glad to hear that MSI has announced that the U210 is now available across the country. The notebook is a 12.1-inch machine that uses the AMD Neo MV-40 1.6GHz processor inside. The machine also has a 250Gb HDD for storage.

Other features of the U210 include a 12.1-inch 1366 x 768 resolution screen, 2GB of RAM, 6-cell battery, and a four-hour plus battery life. Graphics for the machine are via an ATI X1250 GPU. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MSI GT740: 17'' Core i7 Gaming Laptop

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We get more quad-core laptop gaming goodness this week with the MSI GT740, a 17" beast with a Core i7 processor, Nvidia GeForce GTS 250M graphics card (with 1 GB DDR3 VRAM), HDMI out, 2.0 megapixel webcam, and Bluetooth. According to Electronista this laptop also packs up to 4 GB of RAM, in addition to a 4-in-1 memory card reader. Its hard drive ranges from 250GB to 500GB.

Posted on Mon, 5 Oct 2009 10:18:15 CDT | by Robert Evans

MSI U210 12.1-inch Netbook Review

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Today I am looking at the 12.1-inch MSI U210 netbook. The large screen netbook runs an AMD Neo processor rather than the typical Intel Atom part.

The machine also runs Windows Vista Home Premium rather than Windows XP. The U210 has very good performance of the netbook class, but gives up battery life to the less powerful machines. Read more

Posted on Thu, 1 Oct 2009 09:29:49 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MSI Big Bang Motherboard Powered by Lucid

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MSI and Lucid have announced a seriously high-end gaming motherboard at IDF called the MSI Big Bang that will have PC gamers in an uproar. The new board has technology that allows it to make multiple GPU history. The board is the first to allow both ATI and NVIDIA GPUs to operate on the same mainboard at the same time.

That means rather than having SLI or CrossFire you can get multiple GPU gaming with cards from different manufacturers. The board is based on the Intel P55 system and has the Lucid Hydra 200 real-time distributed processing engine. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MSI X-Slim X410 Launches

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This fall is definitely CULV season. MSI has just launched a brand new ultraportable notebook, the X410. This Vista (urgh) machine packs a 14" monitor, an AMD Athlon Neo processor, and 4GB of DDR2 RAM. The graphics card is an ATi Radeon X1250, and it comes in 320 GB and 500 GB hard drives.

Posted on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:28:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

New MSI Wind U210 Powered By AMD Athlon Neo MV-40

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MSI Computer announced the availability of the new Wind U210. Weighing in at just 3.2 pounds, Wind U210 is MSI’s first notebook to feature the AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 1.6 GHz processor. The newest edition to the Wind family of ultraportables, also features a 250GB hard drive, 2GB of DDR2 memory, and an energy efficient 6-cell battery with a 4+ hour life. Additionally, MSI included a 1.3M webcam, HDMI port, 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA port, and a 4x1 card reader in the U210.

It is a bit confusing that MSI is now also selling Notebooks under the Wind brand, which was associated with netbooks and nettops. Read more

Posted on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI AE2400: 24'' Touchscreen Net-top anyone?

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What's that, you want a net-top with an enormous touchscreen and some serious graphics processing power? According to Engadget MSI will have your back come 2010. That's when they're releasing the AE2400, the world's largest (24") touchscreen net-top.

The AE2400 is capable of playing 1080p video. It will come with an Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and an Nvidia GeForce 9400 graphics processing unit. This gigantic self-contained computer will be capable of multitouch and come loaded with Windows 7. The video on Engadget's site makes it look like a very responsive machine, although the monitor smudges up more than I'm entirely happy with.

Posted on Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:30:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

MSI X600 CULV Notebook Announced

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What's that up in the sky?! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...another MSI CULV notebook! The X600 is MSI's latest addition to their CULV line, and it looks to be aimed squarely at the high end of the market. This svelte notebook weighs 5.5 lbs, and is .98” thick at its widest point. MSI ships it with an external DVD drive, since the notebook itself is too thin to accommodate one.

The X600 packs a 1.4 GHz SU3500 CPU, an ATI HD 4330 graphics card, and a 320 GB hard drive. It's got 4 GB of DDR 2 ram, and a six cell battery which should provide substantial battery life. The X600 also comes with a 1.4 megapixel webcam and features two USB ports. It comes in two colors, silver and black, and costs $899.

Posted on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

New MSI C-Series Notebooks Hit

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We've got a whole mess of releases coming out from MSI today. They've just announced the launch of five new models for their C-Series line of notebooks. The CX600, CX700, CR600-013, CR600-017 and CR700 will soon be in computer stores across the country.

The 600 models are lightweight, 16”, 5.4 pound machines with a thickness of 1.18”. The 700 models are 17.3” and weigh a little more than 6 pounds. All of these notebooks feature an LCD 16:9 aspect ratio, making them suitable for widescreen. The CX600 and CX700 have an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 CD graphics card. The CR600 and CR700 have Nvidia GeForce 8200M GPUs with an extra HDMI port. The CR600-017 is the best of the bunch, and packs an Intel Dual Core T4300 2.1 GHz processor and a Blu-Ray DVD player.

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

MSI Viral Video Shows Glorious Laptop Catching With The Butt Crack

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Viral Videos are tough to make as viewers get more and more bored by them. MSI tries to catch eyeballs with a video showing a guy catching the MSI XSeries notebook (MSI X-Slim) with his butt. The somewhat entertaining video shows different setups for Laptop Butt Catching.

This video uses the already over used reverse video manipulation to make it look like the guy is really catching the MSI laptop with his butt. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:42:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI Wind U120 Netbook compared with MSI Wind U123

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MSI unveiled the 10 inch MSI Wind U120 netbook officially at the CES 2009. Last month MSI unveiled the MSI Wind U123 that we already looked at in our series of netbook comparisons two weeks ago. What are the differences between the U120 and the U123? Which one should you get? We try to answer these questions below in our profile of the MSI U120. Read more

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI Unveils GX723 Notebook

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MSI has unveiled a new notebook called the GX723. The machine sports MSI's ECO Engine for power savings with five different modes for different tasks the computer will be used for. The machine features a 17-inch screen for gaming and movie watching. Graphics for the beast are via NVIDIA's GT 130M GPU with 512MB of RAM.

The CPU is Intel Core 2 Duo coupled with the Intel PM45-ICH9M chipset. The screen resolution is 1680 x 1050. The machine can be optioned with up to 4GB of RAM and Bluetooth. Wi-Fi is built-in along with five speakers, and Gigabit LAN. Read more

Posted on Mon, 18 May 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MSI Gets Official with X-Slim Hard Specs

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We have talked about the MSI X-Slim line of notebooks before. Today MSI offers a bit more information on the X400 and X600 machines. The X400 will use a very thin Li-poly battery and the complete system weighs only 1.5kg. The larger 15-inch X600 weighs 2.1kg with the battery. Both of the models are under 1-inch thick.

The x600 features a discrete graphics card as well. MSI says that the machines will both offer 16:9 theater-class LED backlit LCD screens, full IO ports, and support for Blu-ray drives. The battery for the X400 will include an optional 8-cell unit for the X340 and X400 while the X600 can get an optional 9-cell battery. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2009 06:23:04 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

MSI U200 unveiled and Hands-On Photos

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The new MSI U200 CULV Notebook leaked already yesterday. Today MSI unveiled the MSI U200 in Taipei.
The guys from Tweaktown attended the MSI and Intel press-conference and brought back some hands-on photos of the new MSI U200.
Quote from the report: "Jointly with Intel and Microsoft, MSI held a pre-Computex press conference earlier today in Taipei to unveil its range of X-Slim notebooks including the X340 (13"), X400 (14") and X600 (15.6"). They aren't a slim as American maker Apple has got their products, but they are still pretty impressive. Read more

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2009 06:09:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI U123 Netbook compared with Asus Eee PC 1000HE

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Yesterday we let the new Samsung N110 Netbook go against the topselling Asus Eee PC 1000HE. Today it is the turn of the last month introduced MSI Wind U123 netbook. As the MSI U123 is a 10.1 inch netbook running on the Intel Atom N280 we compare it also to the Asus Eee PC 1000HE.

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The MSI U123 is equipped with Intel’s Atom N280 1.66GHz processor, a maximum 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, and 1.3MP webcam. It also features a 10.2-inch WSVGA display at a resolution of 1,024×600, Intel 945GSE+ICH7M chipset, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2009 14:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI U200 CULV Notebook leaks

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A new MSI U200 Intel CULV based 12-inch notebook leaked on Engadget. Update: MSI U200 is official.

The MSI U200 would have a 12 inch LED screen with 1,366x768px, 2GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 802.11n Wi-Fi. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2009 10:07:11 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI Wind Top AE1900 Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends tested the All-in-One touchscreen PC: MSI Wind Top AE1900. The MSI Wind Top AE1900 got introduced in April.
Quote from the review: "Intel never intended for the ultra-low-voltage Atom processor to power anything but ultraportable PCs, but its widespread popularity in netbooks has now earned the chip yet another new home in desktop computers as well. Manufacturers like Asus, Averatec and Shuttle have all turned to the netbook parts pile to begin churning out all-in-one PCs that employ the same hardware, and although performance isn't a selling point for this new breed, price is. Consider MSI's Atom-powered AE1900, which sells for just $530. For a full PC with all the accoutrements, including an 18.5-inch monitor, keyboard, and mouse, that's an awfully inviting package in a cash-strapped economy. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 May 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI Wind U100 10-inch Netbook Review

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We published just last week our review of the MSI U100 Netbook. Tweaktown also reviewed the MSI U100.
Quote from the review: "Netbooks are the biggest selling category in the computer industry right now for several reasons. The poor global economy is the big reason consumers are flocking to netbooks. I don’t think that is the only reason that netbooks continue to post such massive growth, I think that consumers are finally realizing that they don’t have to use the most powerful notebook available to do the majority of what they need. With that realization many people shopping for computers are opting to go with the much smaller and more portable netbook machines rather than larger full notebook systems. Read more

Posted on Sat, 9 May 2009 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr