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I have two bits of MSI Wind-related news to share today. First, Wilson Azevedo wrote in to let me know that an MSI Wind clone will be hitting Brazil soon. The computer will be released by a company called Mirax and will be known as the Mirax Freedom.The specs are pretty much identical to the US version. For $999 Brazilian (about $627 US), you get a 10 inch display, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU, 1GB of RAM and an 80GB hard drive.
Closer to home, J&R has posted a product page for the MSI Wind. Although the US retailer says the computer isn’t shipping yet, it’s worth noting that J&R is listing a unit with a 6-cell battery and a $549 price tag.
Originally MSI had promised to release the computer with a 6-cell battery for $499. But the global battery shortage made it hard to supply 6-cell batteries, and MSI knocked $20 off the price and 3 cells off the battery before releasing the PC this month. It’s not clear at the moment whether J&R’s price reflects the actual price of a 6-cell MSI Wind notebook. But it wouldn’t be a huge suprise if MSI decided to jack up the price for the higher capacity battery. Notebook batteries are notoriously expensive.
[via Mike Cane]
Hi Brad,
Like I wrote in the email, the brazilian clone will have one difference. It will come in two flavors, Windows XP Home and Insigne Linux (Same price).
Regards.
Hey, Brad, I’ve just done of post of other J&R listings that are up:
https://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/ouch-jr-news-about-asus-and-msi-wind/
Finally! We’ve been waiting for the Wind in “Romantic Pink.”