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MSI Wind U90 (U90X) Reviewed (LAPTOP Mag)

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Yesterday, LAPTOP Magazine was one of the first (probably the first) to review the new 8.9″ Intel Atom-powered MSI Wind U90X (aka the U90). The U90X is the smaller version of the 10.2″ MSI Wind U100. They were not impressed with either the SUSE Linux … Read more

Sylvania g MAGNI (MSI U100)

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A “new” netbook from Sylvania is on the way. It’s the Sylvania g MAGNI, which, as LAPTOP Magazine reports, is a rebranded 10.2″ MSI Wind U100. LAPTOP Magazine interviewed Paul Goldenberg who is the Managing Partner of Digital Gadgets (they sell products using Sylvania’s brand) … Read more

MSI Wind U91 and U120 – A Few Details

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Impress spoke with MSI Notebook Product Manager Neo Lin about the future sequel to the 8.9″ MSI Wind U90 as well as a derivative of the 10.2″ MSI Wind U100 netbooks. They are being dubbed the U91 and the U120. The U91 is more of … Read more

MSI Wind U90 – Unboxing

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The 8.9″ MSI Wind U90 (the smaller version of the 10.2″ MSI Wind U100) has started appearing. It’s not available in the US, but a Liliputing forum member ordered one from Canadian retailer NCIX after he found out they will ship to New York. He … Read more

Netbook Sales and the Industry

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Asus Eee PC 2G DigiTimes has an article up about how Asustek is using netbooks to take on the top notebook suppliers in Japan next year.

Their Asus Eee PC line (including the 7″ Eee PC 700 series as well as the 8.9″ 900 series) now accounts for around 85% of their sales in Japan (although Asustek wants to increase their regular-sized notebook sales which would drop that number).

Through August, Asustek has sold 188,000 Eee PC netbooks in Japan through August.

The 1st place Eee PC901-X and 2nd place Eee PC 4G-X accounted for around 70% of the under 100,000 Yen (US$946.52), while the 3rd place 8.9″ Acer Aspire One accounted for 9% of sales, with the 4th place 10″ MSI Wind U100 account for 8% of sales. HP’s 8.9″Mini-Note 2133 came in sixth.

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