We are getting closer to Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which will take place Next month in USA. So, the laptop companies which will take part in this show would like to give enough information to the show visitors to make them or enthusiast to call on their rooms in the show. MSI- one of the standout companies in the netbook market that is famous with its popular 10-in Wind U100, has given us plenty information about upcoming Wind models that is going to showcase at CES 2009.
MSI is coming with full hand to this show. It is going to stimulate hopefully its fans with its upcoming Wind U110, U115, and U120 Netbooks. Also, it is introducing a new affordable13.3-in ultraportable Wind U300 laptop that will shock general public according to MSI’s Director of U.S. Sales Andy Tung. MSI will also show off a touch 10-inch Wind netbook and a 16-inch touch notebook at CES 2009.
One of the important things that Tung has mentioned in its interview is “Upgrading the RAM from 1GB to 2GB will not void the warranty.”
According to Tung, along continuing the sale of Wind U100, MSI will release Wind U120 in the USA at the end of January. Wind U120 is a revamped version of U100 targeting mature users rather than teenagers that will come with a new design, dedicated right and left mouse buttons, longer 6-cell battery, Wireless b/g/n and options support for Intel WiMAX Technology, 3.5G (HSDPA) Solution, and Bluetooth. In the terms of price, the U120 without the network options will remain in the similar rage of price that U100 comes with.
Wind U110 and U115 that will hit the market at the end of January 2009 will be the new version of MSI Wind PCs. They will come with a new Menlow-based Z530 Atom processor, and 1GB of RAM. They will offer option support for SSD or a hard drive(16, 32, 64 GB SSD, 160GB or 250GB HDD). One of the striking features of these two netbook is that by making off the hard drive you will be able to save a lot of battery life. You will be able to get 10 hours of battery from U115 and 8 hours of battery runtime from U110 this way from mere 6-cell battery. This is really nice because of the biggest problem that Netbooks or mini laptops come in for is the short battery. Well, although disabling hard drive will increase the battery runtime, you will just be able to surf the Web this way.
These two netbooks will keep the same size of U100 and will resemble U100, as well. Each laptop will feature 10-inch LED backlight display, 802.11 b/g/n, 1.3 MP or 2MP webcam. The prices of these two netbooks is not clear. Surely, their prices will not be over than $699.
The Wind U300 is a 13.3-inch ultra portable laptop that will be ultra slim and light. However, unlike Mac Air and ThinkPad X300, it will be inexpensive and affordable laptop. It will be covered by the aluminum design. Tung thinks that U300 will shock everybody! The laptop will deliver give 6 to 7 hours of battery life.
The plan that MSI has for this CES show, turns out that MSI is trying to have a good jump in the overwhelm market of netbooks to capture more shares, Before MSI, Asus has been doing a lot and has released variety of Eee laptops for different needs to maintain its top position but, in the end, Acer could overtake it in Q4 2008 with its only Netbook, Aspire one. Well, I think now you are asking that why has it happened? Why has Asus lost its top position to Acer with plenty of Eee laptops in the market? Well, I think the answer can be abridged in few words: chic design, very good price, comfortable keyboard while coming with 9” display. In many reviews you can find some complains against its price, shorter battery and Eee’s weight, while Acer could bring better offers for its Aspire one. Good thing is that MSI has acted similarly like Acer. From the beginning, they focused on 10-in display with bigger keyboard while they tried not selling their Wind PC as expensive as the released price of Eee 1000.
So, we would keep watching the market if the new Wind will achieve the same success that Wind U100 could get.
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