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MSI Wind: Another Eee PC rival blows in

Crave The latest to join the fray is the unfortunately-named MSI Wind, which was spotted doing the rounds at CeBIT 2008. It's still in the prototype phase at the moment, but MSI has been showing off blue, silver and pink versions, all of which look...

Tags: msi, inch, eee, eee pc

10 March 2008, 10:21

MSI Turbobook GX600: Bringing turbo back

Crave Those days are back, thanks to the MSI Turbobook GX600 -- the first laptop we can remember to sport a turbo button. MSI says pressing it will instantly overclock the Intel Core 2 Duo T8300 CPU by approximately 20 per cent, taking it from 2.4GHz to...

Tags: msi, button, laptop, inch

21 April 2008, 11:13

MSI Wind: Hands-on, with exclusive photos

Crave We've just had an exclusive hands-on with the MSI Wind, which we liked the look of in March, and by golly it's good. MSI also plans to ship a version of the Wind that uses an 8.9-inch display. Click Next Photo for tonnes more info, and bask in the...

29 May 2008, 11:51

Battle of the breeze: MSI Wind versus MacBook Air

Crave Today, we woke up and decided we'd do another mental comparison -- the MSI Wind versus the similarly gusty MacBook Air. It would have breezed this round had MSI kept its promise to include an overclocking function, but the instant underclocking...

3 July 2008, 17:14

Advent 4211: It's the MSI Wind, but cheaper

Crave Want an MSI Wind but can't afford the £320 asking price? It's quite simple: MSI is an ODM (original design manufacturer), which means it makes barebones chassis for its own use and to sell to other companies, known as SIs (system integrators).

8 July 2008, 10:27

iPhone 3G vs Netbooks: Who's the mobile Internet daddy?

Crave Admittedly, some netbooks' keyboards aren't very good, but we'd sooner type out a long email on an MSI Wind, for example, than on the iPhone. If like us you need the Internet like you need air and sugary drinks, you'll be utterly thrilled by the...

5 August 2008, 15:13

Crave Live Exclusive: MSI Wind hands-on video

Crave We've spent the day playing with the MSI Wind, a cheap laptop that's set to rock the world of the Asus Eee PC. There are a couple of details we can't reveal about it until the official launch on Tuesday, but until then watch our video for a full...

29 May 2008, 17:08

WannabEees: Eee PC vs Elonex One vs OLPC vs EasyNote XS vs MSI Wind and more

Crave MSI Wind, £225If there's one laptop that could seriously end the Eee's reign, it's the MSI Wind. Update: Check out our MSI Wind hands-on with photos, watch our hands-on video, read our full MSI Wind review here and discuss it in our MSI Wind forum.

12 March 2008, 11:17

MSI P610 and P640: MP3 players named after tax forms

Crave Excitingly, MSI has used tax codes to name its two new MP3 players the P610 (employee retiring on a pension paid by employer) and the P640 (claim for tax rebate where one or both partners weigh over 58 stone).

Tags: players, tax, codes, perform

13 June 2006, 12:30

MSI Megaview 588: Your plastic pal that's fun to be with

Crave With genuine delight Crave today got a chance to play with the MSI MegaView 588 portable multimedia player. This little 20GB hard-disk player player handles MPEG-4 and DivX video, plays your MP3s, allows you to browse photos, and also has a built...

Tags: msi computer corp., divx, box, hard disk

28 November 2005, 10:01

MSI M677 Crystal Collection: Laptop with added bling

Crave In today's bling-tastic celebrity-toe-sucking culture, however, crystal is favoured by Burberry-clad drunkards, which is why we nearly vomited in our mouths when we saw the MSI M677 Crystal Collection laptops.

Tags: collection, laptops, laptop, crystal

20 March 2007, 10:44

More mini laptops: LG netbook on its way from MSI?

Crave The latest rumour floating around is that Korean electronics giant LG has asked MSI to build it a tiny laptop based on Intel's netbook reference design containing an Atom processor. This one was started by Digitimes and it says that MSI will make a...

Tags: lg electronics, lg, note, mini

24 July 2008, 10:31

Netbook showdown: The top 10 mini laptops rated

Crave Over the following pages you'll find our unique assessment of the Eee PC 700, 900, 901 and 1000, MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One, Packard Bell EasyNote XS, HP 2133 Mini-Note, Elonex One, Elonex webbook and more.

6 June 2008, 17:48

Mini laptops: Dell Mini Inspiron, Acer Aspire One, Wizbook, Via OpenBook, RazorBook 400

Crave We've seen the Asus Eee PC 900, the HP 2133 Mini-Note and the brand new MSI Wind, but there are plenty of other mini laptops that are preparing to take the world by storm. Once you've done that, read our WannabEees feature to see a host of similar...

30 May 2008, 16:21

Intel Atom N270: The brains behind the mini laptop revolution

Crave Last week we brought you a full hands-on with the MSI Wind. As previously discussed, MSI says the Wind's N270 CPU can be overclocked from its standard 1.6GHz clock speed to approximately 1.9GHz with the aid of MSI's TurboDrive engine.

Tags: intel, core, cpu, mini

3 June 2008, 17:10