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Quake III on an external display

Netbook with Moblin Linux, GMA500 graphics run Quake III and HD video easy

The integrated graphics which most netbooks come out with are pretty unimpressive, especially considering that their full-size counterparts (read: laptops) that are getting released these days tend to have some sort of dedicated graphics of their own. But in some instances, Intel’s GMA graphics chipset is able to hold its own when it comes to [...]

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MSI UK Stance on XP hybrid ban

The UK branch of MSI have put their word out on what they will be doing about the ban on XP being installed on Hybrid devices. The MSI Wind U115, which uses SSD and HDD for storage will not be recalled from stores in the UK, but rather, stay on the shelves until the stock [...]

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May Release for Wind U115 Hybrid in Japan

Portable Monkey have spotted a listing on a Japanese retailers website – sofmap.com,  for the MSI Wind U115 Hybrid netbook which lists the release date, in Japan, as the 22nd of this month. There are no details on the specifications available on the new Wind in this listing yet, with only pricing details available so [...]

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MSI Wind U115 offers up to 14 hours of battery life in a single charge

I think “incredible” would be the only fitting way to describe the MSI Wind U115‘s battery performance. When it was showcased at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, MSI promised that the netbook will give up to 10.5 hours of battery life. Well, a test at Eee-PC.de shows that the company wasn’t joking, and [...]

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MSI to Launch the U110 and U115 at CES 2009

MSI has announced that it will be showcasing its newest Wind notebook (not netbook), the U110 and U115 at CES 2009. What makes these two notebooks special is the fact that they will feature Intel’s Menlow platform which is commonly used on Mobile Internet Devices (MID). Aside from bearing the same Wind branding, the U110 [...]

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