As MSI’s WindPad 100 edges closer to stores, photos of the Windows 7-based tablet have been released. The little slate even comes with its own dock that adds in all the ports that you’d expect from a netbook, plus a handy HDMI-out.
The WindPad isn’t really a netbook, though. It uses an Intel Atom Z530 processor, part of Intel’s Silverthorne line. These processors are made for MID computers, or Mobile Internet Devices, and sip very little battery power. The Z530 is the least thirsty of these, needing a maximum of 2W to keep it ticking along.
When not docked, the WindPad is as simple as a tablet should be, with a 10.2-inch screen, 32GB SSD drive and 2GB RAM. The price, when it ships in September, will almost certainly be $500. That, it seems appropriate to point out, is the same as the base iPad. Clearly, though, these are two very different machines: one a mobile device, the other a desktop device in a tablet form-factor. I wonder if this kind of device is even appropriate for a demanding, full-featured desktop OS? We shall see next month.
Official Shots of the MSI WindPad 100 Tablet In [NetBook News]
See Also:
- MSI Wind-Pad, a Featherlight Multitouch Tablet
- Asus, MSI Tablets Lead the Charge Against the iPad
- Windows Phone 7 Series Tablet Concept
- Asus Drops Windows for Android in Eee Pad Tablet
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