The MSI Wind Netbook was a family of

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(MSI). Wind stands for "Wi-Fi Network Device". The first model was announced at

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2008, and first listed for pre-orders on May 9, 2008. While initially 8.9- and 10.1-inch screen versions existed, as of 2010 only the 10.1" remained, with a resolution of 1024 × 600. While most models had 1 GB of RAM, some had 2 GB, and hard disks ranged from 80 GB on the oldest to 250 GB on the newest models. Also featured were

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, WLAN and a 1.3

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camera. The Wind PC was MSI's response to the successful

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“Up close with Dell’s Eee PC killer”. The keyboard was 92% of full-size. It was available in 10-inch and 7-inch Wind Pad tablets using the Android operating system.

OEM versions

When the original Wind U100 was released, many original equipment manufacturer versions of the Wind were also released, under different names. * Advent 4211, 4222 as an in-store brand for PC City, PC World and other Dixons Stores Group retailers in Europe and the UK. * Ahtec LUG N011 in the

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and

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. Offered with SUSE Linux, Windows XP or no operating system. Had the same design as the original Wind (white). It came without logo on the case. * Averatec Buddy * First model of Pico in

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with a 160 GB HDD, versions with and without Bluetooth. * Certified Data U100 in

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, sold at London Drugs. * LG X110, marketed in

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(modelos x110-1010 and 1000) and

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* Hannspree HANNSnote with a 6-cell battery and a 160 GB HDD * Medion Akoya Mini in

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, the

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, the

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and

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(as of 23 October 2008) (the Medion Akoya Mini is a slightly different containing a different wireless card, no

(Aust. model features mini Bluetooth dongle), and 0.3 Mpx camera). * Mivvy M310 in the

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. but with 2 GB of RAM and a 120 GB HDD. * Mouse Computer LuvBook U100 in

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. * Multirama HT Xpress Book in

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with 160 GB HDD * NTT Corrino 101I and Aristo Pico i300 in

* Positivo Mobo White in

, with 4 models: 1000, 1050, 1070 and 1090. All sport Intel Atom Processors and range from 512 MB RAM / 80 GB HDD (Mobo White 1000) to 1 GB RAM and 160 GB HDD (Mobo White 1090). * Proline U100 in South Africa. * ProLink Glee TA-009 in

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with touchpad buttons positioned by the side and optional 3G HSDPA connectivity. * RoverBook Neo U100 in

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with 120 GB or 160 GB HDD * Terra 10G in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

with various option * Tsunami Moover T10 in

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(XP version only) Some OEM versions were offered in different colors to the original MSI Wind, apart from the Tsunami Moover (white only), the Mobo White and the Ahtec LUG N011 (white only).

Specifications

Customization

The MSI Wind netbooks (specifically the MSI Wind U100) were subject to a lot of enthusiast customization; especially as

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es. Though many other netbooks could run Mac OS X, the MSI Wind was one of the most popular mainly because of its ideally large keyboard, simple design, and wide availability of options. The MSI Wind (specifically the U100) could be installed with Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with a modified bootloader and kernel. Installing ChromeOS and turning it into a

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is also a common customization.

References

External links

current MSI Wind products (official site)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Msi Wind Netbook Subnotebooks Linux-based devices MSI netbooks Consumer electronics brands Computer-related introductions in 2008

OEM versions

Specifications

Customization

See also

References

External links