[/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 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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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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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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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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In a sign that MSI is preparing to launch its Wind U115 (you know, the one with the ridiculously good battery life) in the US soon, the company has rolled out a new product page for the netbook on its web site. You can find product info, pictures, and even a list of the hotkey combos for adjusting the volume,…

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The MSI Wind U115 is the first netbook from MSI to feature both a solid state disk and a hard drive. The unique combination means you can install the operating system on the smaller SSD and keep your files and data on the larger, more power- hungry hard drive. When you don’t need the hard drive, the Wind U115 will…

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The MSI Wind U115 is available for order from a handful of stores in France, including Topachat, where you can pick it up for 549.90 € and Rue du Commerce, where it’s selling for 554 €. Material.net is asking 559 €. The MSI Wind U115 is one of the newest netbooks from MSI. Like the company’s earlier netbooks it sports a 10 inch, 1024 x…

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We already knew that the MSI Wind U115 netbook was capable of getting over 13 hours of battery life with a 6 cell battery? But what happens when you plug in a 9 cell battery and try to stretch the battery life as long as possible? Johannes from Eee PC.de happened to have a U115, a 9 cell battery, and…

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MSI may have announced the Wind U115 netbook with a combination hard drive and solid state disk back in January. But while we’ve seen the netbook unboxed, tested, and dissected some details have been hard to come by. Like the price and release date. Now Hexus is reporting that MSI will begin shipping the Wind U115 in the UK in…

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The MSI Wind U115 netbook isn’t available in the US yet — not even to reviewers. But the folks at UMPC Fever aren’t in the US. And they got their hands on MSI’s latest mini-laptop with a hybrid SSD/hard disk storage solution. They’ve posted a few unboxing photos, some close ups of the netbook and the requisite dissection gallery. This…

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The MSI Wind U115 isn’t making the rounds in the US yet, but it looks like some European tech sites are getting their hands on pre-release versions of the netbook. Yesterday we got a battery life report from Germany. And it looks like Polish tech site nvision got some hands on time with a U115 earlier this month. The MSI…

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