MSI Wind U100 in the US With 6-Cell Battery

Buy.com is listing five different 10-inch MSI Wind U100 laptop models for pre-order in the US, for either $479.99 (3-cell battery) or $499.99 (6-cell battery). That 6-cell battery tidbit is important – Amazon was listing a black 3-cell version for pre-order (Model # MSMU1-035LABK) for … Read more

MSI Wind U100 -Taken Apart

It didn’t take long – after their U100 review a few days ago, bit-tech.net has taken apart their 10-inch MSI Wind U100 (in the aptly named article, “Breaking Wind”). The photos give a good idea of just how small this laptop is and how important … Read more

Asus Eee PC 904 HD – It’s Probably Official

Looks like it’s not just reported sources or leaked photos – if What Laptop is right, the Eee PC 904 HD will soon be available (as in mid-July). They are reporting this is due, in part, to the Eee PC 904 being powered by an … Read more

MSI Wind U100 vs Apple MacBook Air

Crave / CNET UK has put together an interesting photo comparison of the 10-inch Intel Atom-powered MSI Wind U100 versus the 13.3-inch Intel Core 2 Duo-powered Apple MacBook Air (or as they call it, “Battle of the breeze”, in reference to the “Wind” and “Air” … Read more

Flash-Based SSDs Don’t Help Battery Life?

Tom’s Hardware has posted an article that’s generating a lot of buzz. They are saying that flash-based Solid State Drives (SSD) don’t help the battery life of your laptop. Instead, they are saying that it in fact decreases it. Given that SSDs don’t have the … Read more