MSI Mini Laptops – MSI Wind U230 netbook picture

I reviewed the MSI Wind12 U230 netbook a few days ago, and now MSI has finally confirmed the American availability of the MSI Wind12 U230, comes with two model configuration including the Wind12 U230-033, and the Wind12 U230-040. Both of them features a 12.1-inch HD LCD display with resolution of 1366×768 pixel, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics card, 2GB of DDR2, a 6 cell battery, and Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. All models also include a 1.3 megapixel webcam, HDMI VGA port, three USB 2.0 ports, and a 4×1 card reader. The difference between the two models is processor and hard drive – Athlon Neo MV-40 / 250GB SATA drive in the U230-033 and Athlon X2 L335 / 320GB SATA drive in the U230-040. Dimensions are 13.75×9.61×3.47 inches, and weighs 3.3lbs. Finally, the base U230-033 is priced at $429.99, while U230-040 starts at $479.99.

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MSI Mini Laptops – MSI X-Slim X360 laptop pictures

MSI has shown of a new X-Slim series notebook at the CeBIT 2010, the MSI X-Slim X360, which is incredibly thin measuring in at just 1-inch thick and weighing just 1.4kg. It is the company’s first ULV notebook based on Intel Arrandale platform. The MSI X-Slim X360 is reported to features Intel’s Turbo Boost and Hyper-Threading technology, also has a Core i5 CPU with the HM55 chipset, a 13-inch 1,366×768 display, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 500GB hard drive, HDMI and VGA-out, a 1.3MP webcam, Ethernet, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, a 4 or 8 cell battery, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium OS. How much and when? Nothing is known at this point.

MSI X-Slim X360 specs:

-Windows 7 Home Premium
-Intel Core i5-520UM processor
-Intel HM55
-Intel HD Graphic
-DDRIII SO-DIMM (Up to 4GB)
-13″ HD (Glare type) 1366×768
-2.5″ 250 /320/500 GB SATA
-HDMI, D-sub, USB 2.0 x 2, Mic-in, Headphone out, RJ-45
-4 /8 cells battery pack
-802.11 b/g/draft n, Bluetooth V2.1EDR
-1.3M Webcam

-Dimension
324 mm (W) x 227 mm (D) x 6~22.5 mm

-Weight
~1.4G (with 4-cell battery)

MSI Mini Laptops – MSI Wind U160 netbook picture

The MSI Wind U160 netbook is a great notebook which offers 14-15 hours of battery life, I am looking for something exactly like this. The MSI Wind U160 netbook now available at Newegg.com for $379.99, while Buy.com offers the MSI Wind U160 netbook for $384.99. This looks to be one of the best mini laptop for the price at the moment. For less than $400 shipped, you will get a great looking netbook with 10.1” 1024 x 600 display (glossy), a 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor and GMA 3150 graphics (it is a good thing Intel has finally stopped tying the power hungry GMA950 chipset to their Atom CPU’s), 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB HDD.

MSI Wind U160 specs:

• Intel Atom N450(1.66GHz)
• Intel GMA 3150
• 250GB SATA
• Memory 1GB
• 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN
• Integrated Sound Card
• 4-in-1 (XD/SD/MMC/MS) Card Reader
• 6-cell lithium ion Battery
• three x USB, 1 x VGA, 1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack
• Windows 7 Starter
• Dimension
  10.24″ x 6.50″ x 0.75″
• Weight
  2.40 lbs.

- MSI Wind U160 netbook picture