Last November 18 saw the launch of the Wind Top AE2220. The all-in-one touchscreen PC features a starting SRP of $749, a 21.5″ display with 1920 x 1080 resolution, and an integrated Nvidia GeForce 9300 GPU. MSI’s marketing promises that this product is “35% more energy efficient than a traditional PC” and has “the power to run full HD movies, resource-hungry applications, sophisticated 3D games”.

That depends on what they mean by “traditional PC”, and I doubt this rig can run Left 4 Dead 2 at the integrated display’s native resolution. However, the Wind Top is promising as an HTPC, as …read more

Looking for a netbook to buy for my girlfriend—she always talked about getting a laptop to work at home, but was too timid financially to walk the walk—I found a vendor selling an MSI Wind U210 for around $485. That’s more expensive than NewEgg’s price of $430, but the extra cash was well-spent on a 9-cell battery. Here’s what I did before handing the netbook over to my girlfriend:
Took Pictures
Here are some pictures of the MSI Wind U210, featuring the netbook in various angles. Click on a thumbnail to see a large-size version of the picture:
Used Ninite
Ninite, if you recall, …read more

It’s official folks! At least, as official an informal battery test related through an enthusiast blog can be. The MSI Wind U115’s battery lasts more than 13 hours, with CPU usage at 100% for the whole time.
Then again, WiFi was kept off for the test, and maybe the screen blacked out automatically to save power (it’s hard to understand the source as it’s in German, but I’m assuming the tester kept the display at full power). In any case, this is the longest I’ve heard of any netbook—or portable computer for that matter—lasting on a single charge.
(image and source: eee-pc.de)