Posted 04/01/09 at 06:16:50 PM by Andy Salisbury

It wasn’t long ago that MSI announced their X-Slim notebooks, but we’ve finally got some solid information as to what will be under the hood, along with some additional information on the latest generation of Wind netbooks.

The new generation of MSI Wind U123 netbooks will sport a 10.2-inch screen, a 1.66GHz Atom N280 CPU, 1GB DDR2 RAM, a 160GB HDD, a built-in TV tuner and the choice between a 6 and 9-cell battery.

As for the X-Slims, the X340 (which will start at about $1,000) will be one of the first machines to feature Intel’s new CULV platform (which is reported to only use one-sixth the power of a regular mobile CPU), and will come with a 13.4-inch 1366x768 screen, Intel GMA4500MHD graphics, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 320GB HDD and 802.11b/g/n.

As for the X320, it’ll come with a notably less powerful 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, the same size screen, Intel GMA500 graphics, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 250GB HDD and along with the 802.11b/g/n wireless, will have an optional 3G/WiMAX module.

No specifics yet on pricing for any of these machines, but given MSI’s past there’s a good chance that it’ll be reasonable.

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Posted 02/24/09 at 03:55:59 PM by Andy Salisbury

Just recently, MSI debuted their X-Slim netbook line over in China, and it’s because of that, we don’t know a whole heck of a lot about these puppies. But, what we do know is that they feature extremely thin form factors, don’t weigh much, come with 13.4 and 15.6 inch screens, and best of all, are low cost.

We’ve also recently found out that these will be packing some horsepower, putting a ULV Penryn chip under the hood, with GMA4500 graphics to boot. Pricing for the 13-inch version looks like it’ll be anywhere from $700 to $1000, but still no word on how much the 15-inch version will cost.

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