To advertise, contact
Nathalie Akl
+971 4 2108520
nathalie.akl@itp.com
بالعربية
Where am I? Home /


BREAKING NEWS :

Inspecting gadgets

By Eliot Beer on Sunday, August 24, 2008


ACN rounds up the latest and greatest executive gadgets, from the newest ultra-portable to Nokia’s most recent business phones.

MSI Wind ultra-ultra portable laptop

Yet another competitor has arisen to challenge the strangely-iconic Asus Eee (itself recently revamped) - the MSI Wind. This laptop manages to be almost as tiny as the Eee, but pack in a bigger screen and better performance - albeit at a higher price.

The Wind comes with a 10-inch screen offering 1024 x 600 resolution, and weighs in at around 1.3kg, making it pretty darn portable. It's powered by Intel's latest low-power CPU - the Atom - in theory making the Wind very efficient and long-lived, although it apparently doesn't quite match the Atom-powered Eee for battery life.

Otherwise it's fairly standard under the hood - 1Gbyte RAM, 80Gbyte hard drive (none of your solid state extravagance here) and Windows XP as the OS - meaning it should be a fairly competent beast for basic tasks.
Story continues below
advertisement



As with its competitors, the Wind is aimed at users who crave portability above all else - but its very reasonable price point means it is firmly in the mass market. And with more competition from HP, Acer, Dell and others, expect to see more and more people smugly tapping away on little white boxes of fun.




User Comments

All posts are sent to the administrator for review and are published only after approval. ITP.net reserves the right to remove any comment at any time for any reason. Please keep your responses appropriate and on topic.
Name *
( Remmber Me )
Email *
(Your email address will not be published)
City
Country
Subject *
Comment *
Security Code * Code
 


Please click post only once - your comment will not be published immediately.
Subscribe

Arabian Computer News English edition


The Middle East's leading technology and business magazine.

Subscription Rates:
FREE for GCC Countries, Egypt, Lebanon & Jordan *

AED 249.00 for International

Subscribe Now »

* Terms & Conditions Apply

Current Issue  |  Media Info  |  Subscribe to other Magazines »

Related Comment

Amid the activity at Cabsat 2008, it is clear that one of fastest growing drivers of the industry is content, and mobile TV ... 

Related Feature

Mini-laptop makers out to muscle in on market

Channel

Several hardware suppliers are already betting on the mini-notebook sector taking the market by storm as the day of the... 

Related Feature

Inspecting gadgets

Channel

ACN rounds up the latest and greatest executive gadgets, from the new version of the iPhone to its most recent prospective... 


Competitions

Win MSI's Multi-GPU Ready Motherboard

Ends On Monday, 15 December 2008

The most important component in any PC is its motherboard. This defines exactly what you can put into the PC, which ultimately determines what software you can and can’t run and how well, or not, it...


Advertising Features


Latest Products
Sony VAIO VGN-Z12GN

Hardware | Notebooks | November 2008

Portable and powerful but can you live with it?

RATING


Draytek Vigor 2820Vn

Hardware | Peripherals | November 2008

Can it justify its high price tag?

RATING


Casio Exilim Card EX S10

Hardware | Digital Imaging | November 2008

A camera designed for even the tightest pockets.

RATING


Crysis Warhead

Games | PC | November 2008

Is this another crisis for PC components?

RATING


Technology Jobs
Information Technology Manager
Location: Dubai, UAE
Account (Sales) Executive
Location: Dubai, UAE
Implementation Engineers
Location: Dubai, UAE

For editorial enquiries contact
Mark Sutton
mark.sutton
@itp.com
To advertise, contact
Ahmad Bashour
+971 4 210 8549
or ahmad.bashour
@itp.com


Arabian Computer News Channel Middle East Channel Middle East - Arabic Charged CommsMEA Network Middle East Windows Middle East Windows Middle East - Arabic ALL ITP TITLES