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First Reviews of the MSI Wind Ultra-Portable Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the when-ndas-expire-you-sorta-win dept.

Ken E. writes "UK tech website Mobile Computer has an early hands-on review of the MSI Wind — a £329 ultraportable notebook that will compete head-on with the Asus Eee PC 900. In its favour are a 10in screen, better keyboard and, perhaps most important of all, an Intel Atom 1.6GHz dual-core processor (though the site shies away from mentioning this open secret due to what sound like NDA constraints). They like it a lot — is this finally a worthy Eee PC alternative?" (£329 is about $650US at the moment.) An anonymous reader points to CNET's hands-on photo gallery of the Wind; CNET's reviewer says the MSI Wind is the first mini notebook with an overclock button. Barence adds another review at PC Pro.

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  1. Women, the great enigma. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Women. The great enigma. Every man who desires them treats them differently, and the dance between one man and one woman as they work shyly and tenderly towards each other is as unique as a snowflake on a cold late autumn night, fragile and yet beautiful.


    Some men are coarse, and wish to woo their ladies with feats of strength and masculinity. Often tall and powerful, they cast themselves as the protector to the protected, the coccoon to the lady's butterfly. Eager to prove themselves, they will be loud, brash, but never disrespectful, and will win their prize with acts of courage and valour.


    Some men, on the other hand, are gentle. They behave towards a woman they desire as a honeybee would to a flower, delicately circling her before coming in to make his move, entering into a relationship where neither can survive without the other - as the honeybee to the flower, as the yin to the yang, is the man to the woman. More introverted but no less eager, he will aim to triumph in the game of love with gifts, such as chocolate, or flowers, or his mere presence on a night where she needs him most.


    Both are filled with wonderment and fascination, a process that has danced for thousands of years, for millions of couples in hundreds of countries. You will have to find your own way to dance this ancient, timeless dance, but sure enough, you will find your feet, and you will find your partner in your own way.


    Me, you ask? Well, I like to rip their legs off with a threshing machine.


    Sometimes I spunk in the wounds.

  2. Re:Motherboard by kirbysuperstar · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does that include sooped-up Honda Civics?