At first glance, the Wortmann Terra Mobile 1020Go looks like an MSI Wind U100 — a netbook that was released during the summer of 2008. And to be honest, it probably is using the same chassis as that venerable netbook. Dozens of other computers have popped up with the same case over the years. But […]
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StarCraft II beta on a netbook: It runs, but not very well
Most netbooks aren’t really designed with gaming in mind. The Intel Atom processor and integrated graphics found in most netbooks just isn’t up to the task of handling 3D graphics at high frame rates. But there are definitely some games that run well even on older netbooks. I think it’s a bit early to put […]
MSI Wind U100 gets a Windows 7 update (just not in the US)
MSI released the Wind U100 mini-laptop in 2008. Like pretty much every other netbook launched in the second half of that year, it had a 10 inch screen, 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive and ran Windows XP. Over the past year, MSI has released several updates to its Wind […]
Hannspree HannsNote (MSI Wind U100 clone) coming to America
The Hannspree HannsNote is a 10 inch netbook with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU, 1GB of RAm, and 160GB hard drive. It ships with a 6 cell battery, and looks pretty much like every other netbook on the market today on paper. In real life though, it looks pretty much exactly like one netbook: […]
MSI Wind U100 Plus to ship in Europe
MSI first started showing off the Wind U100 Plus netbook ages ago. Since then, the company has begun selling the updated Wind U123 netbook, but the U100 Plus has been a no show. But now Fudzilla is reporting that the Wind U100 Plus is set to go on sale in Europe within the next few […]
Forget adding power to your netbook, use a netbook battery to power everythng
People spend a lot of time figuring out how to make their gadgets last longer. And in the realm of netbooks, that’s usually meant shopping around for third party extended capacity netbook batteries or building your own. But one hacker is taking a different approach, and using a standard netbook battery as a charger for […]
Indamixx open source music creation netbook gets an update
Indamixx has been loading up mini-laptops with open source audio production software for a while now. I first heard about the company in late 2008. At the time, the company was selling a Sylvania G Meso laptop with an 8.9 inch display, a custom Linux operating system and a whole slew of free and commercial […]
MSI Wind U100 + 9 cell battery + OS X = 6 hours
We’ve seen 9 cell batteries for the MSI Wind before. Word on the street is that they’ll provide about 7.5 hours of battery life on a standard Wind U100 running Windows XP. I assume if you throw one in a newer MSI Wind U100 Plus with its more energy efficient CPU, you could eke out […]
Deal of the Day: MSI Wind U100 for $300
Back in December I started to notice that the price on the original MSI Wind U100 with a 3 cell battery had fallen to around $300, but it wasn’t clear whether this was a permanent price drop or just a holiday sale price. With several new models hitting the streets in 2009, it looks like […]
Yet another MacBook Mini hack – with glowing Apple logo
A member of the MSI Wind.net forums has put together a tutorial for modding an MSI Wind U120 netbook lid to include a glowing Apple logo. Look, I know this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a hack like this. But that doesn’t make it any less cool, OK? One thing that really makes this […]