The MSI Wind U160MX is a new version of the Wind U160 netbook MSI first introduced over a year ago. But there’s one key difference: The U160X is available with either a single or a dual core Atom processor. The folks at Notebook Italia got their hands on the new MSI Wind U160MX and have posted some unboxing photos and…

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Sure, MSI was showing off Google Android powered tablets along with the best of them at CES in January, 2010. But the prototypes didn’t exactly work all that well, and the company has repeatedly postponed plans to actually launch the tablet. Now it looks like you might have to wait until March, 2011 to get your hands on the MSI…

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MSI launched the Wind U160 netbook along with a few other 10 inch models earlier this year. At the time they were shipping with the same boring 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processors found in most other netbooks of the day, but Netbook News reports that MSI will soon introduce a new version of the U160 with a shiny new Intel…

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Intel is getting ready to launch new Atom N455 and N475 processors that are compatible with DDR3 RAM — but otherwise pretty much the same as the N450 and N470 processors you can pick up today. And it looks like MSI plans to launch one of the first netbooks to utilize the new chips. Johannes at NewGadgets.de got a chance…

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If there’s one thing I can tell you about any new gadget, it’s this: Give it enough time and someone will get around to dissecting it, taking some photographs, and splaying them across the internet. I’m fully expecting photos of the Apple iPad motherboard to hit the web a few minutes after the tablet is available in stores. While we’re…

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Sure, the folks at Moblin recently announced that they were merging with the Maemo project to develop a new OS called MeeGo. But that hasn’t stopped PC makers from installing the latest version of the Moblin netbook operating system on their latest models and showing them off at trade shows like Mobile World Congress and CES. Last month, MSI showed…

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The MSI Wind U160 is the new top of the line model from netbook maker MSI. But that doesn’t mean it’s horribly expensive. Amazon is now taking pre-orders for the netbook. It’s available for order in black or brown. Both models cost $380. Amazon describes the 6 cell battery as a “15 hour” battery, which I suspect is a bit…

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MSI announced a handful of new 10 inch netbooks with Intel Atom N450 processors in January. The MSI Wind U160 is probably the most attractive of the bunch. I got a chance to play with one for a few minutes at CES, but Johannes at NewGadgets.de did me one better and he got MSI to send him a pre-production model….

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Yesterday the first of MSI’s upcoming netbooks broke cover. Then a few web sites published some hands-on impressions of the MSI Wind U135. Today we have a few more details on some of the other models. Engadget has a handful of pictures of the upcoming MSI Wind U160. Like the U135, this model will reportedly have a 10 inch display…

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Word on the street is that MSI is set to launch a new line of netbooks that will sport Intel’s new Atom N450 Pine Trail processor. Honestly, at this point I’ll be more surprised when I hear rumors that a netbook maker is not planning on launching a new model with an Atom N450 processor. Asus and Dell already have…

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