Posted 11/19/09 at 08:00:21 AM by Paul Lilly

MSI on Wednesday announced it has begun shipping its new Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one desktop PC. The AE2220 takes its place as MSI's flagship all-in-one and expands the company's fast growing Wind Top series.

"The MSI Wind Top is an awesome all-purpose family PC. Share photos, edit videos, play games, watch HD video -- our Ion graphics processor means you can have it all," said Drew Henry, general manger for Ion and GeForce products at Nvidia.

In addition to the Ion platform, the AE2220 boasts an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 processor clocked at 2.2GHz (Pentium dual-core T4300 also available), a 21.5-inch multitouch display, 4GB of DDR2-800 memory, a 500GB hard drive, optional Blu-ray player, 1.3MP webcam, built-in 6-in-1 card reader, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, two mini-PCI-E expansion slots, IR receiver, and Windows 7 Home Premium.

The new all-in-one is still a no-show at most retailers, though Amazon still has it listed for pre-order for $700.

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Posted 10/15/09 at 09:45:02 AM by Pulkit Chandna

The all-in-one PC segment is now experiencing its share of Windows 7-induced buzz. MSI has announced three new entrants into its Wind Top family of all-in-one PCs, all of which are based on Nvidia’s Ion platform and support Windows 7. 

The 21.5-inch Wind Top AE2220 is all set to hit the market in late October, with the launch of the 20-inch AE2020 and the 21.5-inch AE2220 Hi-Fi expected next month. According to a Digitimes report, the AE2220 features full HD output besides HDMI and VGA ports for hooking up game consoles and other devices.

The same report pegs its price at just a shade over $1000 (NT$35,000). HP, Gateway and Acer are other notable names that have already announced similar offerings which support Windows 7.

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Posted 08/26/09 at 08:30:31 PM by Paul Lilly

First announced at CeBIT earlier this year, MSI today officially launched its new Wind Top all-in-one AE2010 PC with a 20-inch, 1600 x 900 touchscreen display.

Similar in style to the company's previous AE1900, the new AE2010 beefs up the hardware with an AMD Athlon X2 dual-core 3250e processor, ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics, 4GB of DDR2-533 memory, a 320GB hard drive spinning at 5400RPM, a tray-load DVD burner, 4-in-1 card reader, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, 1.3MP webcam, 6 USB 2.0 ports, and an eSATA port.

According to MSI, noise never ramps up to more than 26 decibels thanks to an "ultra-silent, state-of-the-art cooling system." And on the energy front, MSI claims its all-in-one sips 75 percent less juice than traditional desktop PCs.

Look for the AE2010 to start selling next month starting at $650.

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Posted 04/21/09 at 05:18:00 PM by Andy Salisbury

MSI has finally put a price tag on their extremely eco-friendly touchscreen Wind Top. That price? A very reasonable $529.

At the heart of the Wind Top will be an Intel Atom 230 processor, a 160GB SATA HDD, 4 USB 2.0 ports, a 4 in 1 card reader and an 18.5-inch widescreen. It’ll come standard with Windows XP Home, and will even pack a built-in webcam and microphone to let you video conference, right out of the box.

No word yet on availability.

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Posted 02/24/09 at 01:30:36 PM by Paul Lilly

MSI plans to give HP a run in the touchscreen desktop market, as evidenced by a trio of Wind Top all-in-one PCs the company had on display during CeBIT. The models included the 19-inch AE1900, 20-inch AE2010, and 22-inch AE2200.

Specs remain pretty sparse, but it looks as though the AE2010 will come with an AMD 1.5GHz processor nestled into an AMD 780G chipset, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a DVD burner, and a 1600 x 900 touchscreen display. Engadget said it also spied an Intel logo on the AE1900 with Windows XP on its screen, which suggests at least one of the nettops will be powered by Intel's Atom processor.

No other details, including price points or projected release date, are yet known, but you can bet we'll let you know as soon as we find out more.

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