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AMD-powered MSI Wind U230 gets the hands-on treatment – Video

In terms of performance and battery life, MSI’s new Wind U230 seems to fall somewhere between the other Wind netbooks and MSI’s line-up of larger, more traditional notebooks. It’s got a solid ATI GPU under the hood, and performed well in gaming tests – though the AMD Neo processor couldn’t keep up with Intel’s SU7300. […]

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AMD introduces next-gen ultrathin platform, simpler labeling scheme

AMD still doesn’t plan to compete directly with Intel, VIA, or ARM in the netbook space. But earlier this year the chip maker introduced the relatively low power AMD Athlon Neo CPU for ultrathin laptops like the HP Pavilion dv2. It’s paired with an ATI graphics card and can handle HD video on laptop with […]