MSI debuts Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/msi-debuts-wind-top-all-in-one-ae2010-desktop/

MSI's just announced the Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop -- a step up from the previous AE1900. The 20-incher boasts a 1600 x 900 touchscreen, an AMD Athlon X2 Dual Core CPU (an improvement over its previous Atom 230 / 330), onboard ATI Radeon 3200 graphics card, 4GB of DDRII 533MHz SDRAM, a 320GB hard drive, 6 USB ports, and a 4-1 card reader. This bad boy has a starting price of $649.99, and will be available next month.

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MSI debuts Wind Top All-in-One AE2010 desktop originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI confirms Pinetrail-having, touchscreen Windows 7 Wind U150 for 2010

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/msi-confirms-pinetrail-having-touchscreen-windows-7-wind-u150-f/

MSI has confirmed some previous whisperings of a Windows 7-running, resistive touchscreen netbook which will boast Intel's much anticipated Pine Trail chipset -- the Wind U150, which should present some competition for the ASUS T91. The real question is timing for this one: MSI has also said that Intel's chipset will arrive at CES 2010, which makes sense in the context of previous rumors we've heard that Acer and ASUS are freezing new netbook production until 2010, pending Pine Trail's debut. Intel, however, has remained steadfast in its avowal that the chipset is still on track for release this year... so what does it all mean? Your guess is as good as ours. MSI also simultaneously confirms the Wind U210 for the beginning of September, on AMD's Yukon platform. The U210 will run Windows XP and start at $379, with 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive.

[Via Slashgear]

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MSI confirms Pinetrail-having, touchscreen Windows 7 Wind U150 for 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Qualcomm FLO TV handheld in the works?

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/qualcomm-flo-tv-handheld-in-the-works/

According to gdgt, Qualcomm -- which usually sticks to research, design, and the fabless chip game -- is fixin' to produce something called the Personal Television, for use with its FLO TV network. The handheld device is alleged to feature a capacitive touchscreen, a swipe and gesture-driven UI, 4GB of memory, built-in stereo speakers, and enough juice for five hours of video, fifteen hours of music, or three hundred stand-by hours. Currently, FLO TV is only available on a limited number of phones, from the likes of AT&T and Verizon in the States, although the company has said that they're planning on bringing it to other phones (via add-on peripherals) including the iPhone and WinMo devices. Can we offer one word of advice? You might want to go with a name besides "Personal Television." Really, it sounds so very 2006.

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Qualcomm FLO TV handheld in the works? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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IBM brings the ruckus -- and new Power7 processor

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/26/ibm-brings-the-ruckus-and-new-power7-processor/

IBM likes its servers and supercomputers. A lot. After giving the Power6 plenty of self-congratulatory publicity, Big Blue is ready to move on to the 7th generation of Power, which is set to be announced at the Hot Chips conference this evening. With eight cores and up to four SMT4 threads running on each, the 45nm Power7 can perform 32 simultaneous tasks per chip. The designers have slapped in a whopping 32MB of eDRAM in each chip for improved latency, dual DDR3 memory controllers for a sustained 100GB per second bandwidth, and even error correcting code and memory mirroring for redundancy. Sounds like a major boon for research into the brains of mice and the history of dirty words, but we don't expect to hear much about this proc outside the server farm.

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IBM brings the ruckus -- and new Power7 processor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI Confirms Wind U150 Netbook with Touchscreen and Intel's Next Atom [Notebooks]

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/D3FQ3iZ0nYU/msi-confirms-wind-u150-netbook-with-touchscreen-and-intels-next-atom

We heard that MSI may release a touchscreen netbook with Intel's next generation Pine Trail Atom platform, and it will. According to MSI, the new Intel Atom chipset is planned to be officially launched at CES.

However, Intel tells us that it has not nailed down the launch of Pine Trail yet and maintains it will ship products to its customers before the end of the year. MSI hopes to be first to market with Pine Trail netbooks, including its 10-inch convertible U150 with Windows 7.

Either way, the sooner we get a newer Atom the better (also keep in mind the next version of the all-popular Atom also differs by blending the CPU and GPU on the same chip). According to MSI's Andy Tung, Pine Trail is showing improved graphics performance and at least 20 percent better power consumption.

We are hoping the netvertible with its planned resistive touchscreen performs better than ASUS' Eee PC T91. However its lack of a capacitive screen and multitouch support means it won't support any of Windows 7's cool Touch Pack apps.

But before going touch, MSI will release the 12-inch Wind U210, which like the recently released Gateway LT3100, has AMD's Yukon platform rather than Intel's Atom. MSI will offer it in two different skus, including one with Windows XP, 1GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive for $379 and another with Vista Premium for $429. The U210 will be available in the U.S. during the first weeks of September.

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