MSI Says Change is in the Wind

Shane McGlaun (Blog) - October 6, 2008 2:01 PM MSI is readying a new Wind netbook for business users and says Wind Desktop will be coming to America. The netbook market is one of the fastest growing computer segments right now. The reason is that the netbook systems are lower cost than the average notebook, making them more attractive in the slow economic environment seen in the U.S. and abroad today. Many PC makers are releasing netbooks to get in on the market. Intel is even looking to its Atom CPU for netbooks to help support is lagging revenues across the computer industry as a whole. One of the most popular netbooks to be released was the MSI Wind. When the Wind hit the market in July, it was priced at $399 to $499 depending on the OS and other features. Laptop Magazine talked to Andy Tung, MSI's U.S. Sales Director.... [read full story]