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Ready for more MSI? Good. Just in case the flurry of other new gear from the company has yet to tickle your fancy, how’s about a smattering of all-in-one PCs? The Wind NetOn AP1900 was on hand in Germany, as was the Wind Top AE1900, AE2010, AE2200. Straight up, we weren’t particularly fond of any of ’em, with the enclosures looking downright shoddy from a few feet away. Maybe the design team has been too wrapped up in the X-Slim family to care about these guys, huh? On the plus side, the touchscreen on the Wind Top AE1900 was super responsive, but we know you’ll only use it for the first ten or so seconds of ownership before reverting back to the tried-and-true mouse / keyboard tandem. The whole lot is shoved down there in the gallery!

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MSI Wind NetOn AP1900, Wind Top AE line eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI hasn’t made a big fuss about it, but the Wind Box DE200 is new for CeBIT 2009. The unit seems to be the bigger brother of its Wind Box DC100, and while we’re stoked about the optional Blu-ray player, we’re seriously doubting that the listed Celeron M 550 (2GHz) is the only CPU available. The unit also comes loaded with NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M GPU, 2GB of DDR2 RAM, a 160GB hard drive, 802.11n WiFi, HDMI and DVI outputs, Windows Vista Home edition, a multicard reader, audio in / out, Ethernet, a few USB 2.0 ports and an overly glossy enclosure. We’ve no pricing or release information to share just yet, but you can peek a few more angles down in the gallery below.

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MSI showcases new Blu-ray-equipped Wind Box DE200, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI did a laudatory job this morning baffling us with its Winki release, but we managed to find an exceptionally kind, English-speaking representative at its CeBIT booth today who broke it down for us. In short, Winki is MSI’s new instant-on operating system. It’s Linux-based, and looks a heck of a lot more elaborate than the HyperSpace instant-on OS that we toyed with in January. The kicker is that at least for now, this thing is only for desktops, as it’s actually built into a small module (shown above) that plugs directly into an MSI motherboard. At first, only select mainboards will come bundled with Winki, but it just might roll out across MSI’s entire mobo line. The dame we spoke with wouldn’t divulge any details on whether this OS would ever come to its wide-ranging laptop line, but we suspect it will in due time. Winki provides easy access to IM services, Skype and the internet, which is a shortcut to Doom away from being all the true gamer needs in life, anyway.

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MSI Winki eyes-on: it’s an instant-on OS, but for desktops originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We knew MSI’s newest X-Slim laptops were ultrathin, but it wasn’t until we saw ’em in person here at CeBIT that we truly appreciated the design. These are definitely amongst the sexiest laptops we’ve seen in some time, though it only took a moment for fingerprints to begin marring the previously flawless glossy top. Both were appropriately sturdy and remarkably lightweight, and if these are any sign of where MSI is going with its styling, we can’t wait for the future. On that note, we should also mention that we stumbled upon the absolutely gigantic GT725. Granted, that machine is aimed squarely at the gaming crowd, but it just looked unnatural after toying with its fitness-minded siblings just seconds earlier. We went a little crazy with the camera, but feel free to only peek the thumbnails you like.

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MSI X-Slim X320, X340 and GT725 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember that GT725? You know, that behemoth of a gaming laptop announced alongside 43.8 other MSI machines at CES. Anywho, MSI has just come clean with the actual specifications, and gamers in the crowd looking for a portable rig should be pleased. The machine is claiming to be the first ever gaming lappie to include ATI’s 512MB Radeon HD4850 GPU, and that’s complemented by a 17-inch WUXGA (anti-glare) display, a 320GB SATA hard drive, Blu-ray optical drive, 4-in-1 multicard reader, up to 4GB of RAM, a plethora of ports, nine-cell battery, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, gigabit Ethernet and a 2 megapixel webcam. There’s also an ExpressCard slot, four standard speakers plus a “subwoofer” and a Turbo Drive Engine to make overclocking a lesson in simplicity. The 7-pound unit is being billed as MSI’s new flagship laptop, and with a list of internals like that, we can fully understand why. Full release is after the break.

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MSI details well-specced GT725 17-inch gaming laptop originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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