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Confirmed: Asus Eee PC T91 coming in July, MSI Wind U115 ending in July

Brad Linder — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:16:33 +0000

[/caption] There was a rumor going around yesterday that the Asus Eee PC T91 would begin shipping immediately. But as I mentioned yesterday, I've received confirmation that the much-anticipated convertible tablet style netbook won't be available in the US until late July. Asus has also posted a note on Twitter saying the same thing. It's still possible that the netbook...

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MSI Wind U115 could be phased out almost as soon as it’s introduced

Brad Linder — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:28:46 +0000

MSI is just starting to sell the Wind U115 netbook in some parts of the world, but it looks like the company is preparing to phase this model out soon. In fact, if you want to get your hands on this netbook with excellent battery life and a combo hard drive/solid state disk storage system, you'll probably want to snatch...

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MSI to continue selling Wind U115 despite Microsoft’s new policy

Brad Linder — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:01:52 +0000

Microsoft has apparently told computer makers that machines with hybrid SSD and hard drive based storage don't qualify for low cost Windows XP licenses. But MSI says that's not going to affect its decision to sell the MSI Wind U115, which happens to be the only netbook on the market fitting that description right now. The Wind U115 has just...

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MSI Wind U115 now shipping in US for $499

Brad Linder — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:45:51 +0000

There may be a rumor going around that Microsoft doesn't want to sell cheap Windows XP licenses for netbooks that offer a dual SSD/HDD storage system. But that doesn't appear to be stopping MSI from moving ahead with its first hybrid storage netbook, the Wind U115. The company is now taking orders for the netbook on its web page. The...

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Rumor: No Windows XP for netbooks with hybrid storage

Brad Linder — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:50:03 +0000

Microsoft extended the life of Windows XP in order to give netbook makers a low cost operating system that wasn't too heavy on resources to run on netbooks. But the company has set some restrictions on the systems that qualify for a cheap Windows XP license, because it wants to keep selling Windows Vista licenses for more powerful machines (and...

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