Netbooks are sweeping the market worldwide and MSI Wind Netbook is a favorite among consumers. MSI is now among the top 4 international netbook brands and the Wind Netbook – U100 was even the market leader in the industry in 2008 for 10″ netbooks! MSI will have the entire netbook lineup at this year’s CeBIT exhibition, and the latest U115 Hybrid and U110 ECO will also be making its appearance.
Sam Chern, MSI’s marketing director, mentioned that according to research statistics, MSI is now ranked among the top 4 in netbook brands. This shows the high recognition in the MSI brand name and has won the consumers favors. Even more encouraging is that U100 is the market leading 10″ netbook for 2008 over other products in this category.
Sam Chern further mentioned that the 10″ form factor is becoming the mainstream among netbooks, and is still growing. We can foresee MSI becoming a competitive player in the netbook market during this fiscal year. MSI continues to invest and develop the netbook products, and has already introduced the business oriented U120 to the U100 and U90 lineup. The upcoming U115 Hybrid and U110 ECO will also be introduced to better-fit different consumer needs.
Within the market of netbooks, MSI has always played the role of the innovator and provided technological revolution for the netbook products. After leading the market with the U100 10″ netbook in 2008, MSI announced the new product including U120, U115 Hybrid and U110 ECO netbooks. U120 is the first “WiMAX Ready” netbook in the market. U115 Hybrid is the world’s first netbook with both SSD and HDD drives built-in, where the innovative dual storage design and ECO power saving technology extends the battery life of the netbook up to 12 hours* (with a 6cell battery)!
*12 hours battery life is tested using a 6cell battery and under ECO mode. Actual results may differ under different user conditions and product specifications.
The dual storage design of the U115 Hybrid offers you the pick of a 8GB or 16GB SSD matched to a 120GB or 160GB 2.5″ SATA hard disk. As the U115 Hybrid’s operating system is loaded on the SSD, boot times and performance are greatly increased. This also ensures that the operating system can run smoother as well. The SATA hard disk on the other hand provides you with all the storage you need. An unusual feature is the ability to temporarily shut down the SATA hard disk in ECO mode. All data access and storage is handled by the SSD instead, allowing the U115 Hybrid to achieve up to 12 hours of battery life.
The U110 ECO making its debut at CeBIT features the Atom processor on the Intel Menlow platform. With the MSI exclusive power saving design, the netbook features up to 9 hours of battery life when using a 6cell battery – the “Crown in Power Saver” among netbooks. In addition to the 9 hours of battery life, the U110 ECO is also fairly thin and light at just 1kg and the size of a piece of B5 paper (26cm x 18cm).
Not only that, the U110 ECO supports 802.11 b/g/n wireless networking and Bluetooth technologies. With up to 2GB supported memory, full multimedia interface including 4-in-1 card reader (XD, SD, MMC, Memory Stick), three USB2.0 ports, 1.3 or 2.0 megapixel webcam, this fully featured netbook gives you the leisure to enjoy your digital mobile lifestyle.
