MSI finally ships the Wind
By Darren Murph 
posted July 8th 2008 3:51PM
posted July 8th 2008 3:51PM
MSI BEGINS SHIPPING THE WIND
The Wind is available in Fry's and online New Egg, Amazon, Fry's, ZipZoomfly, MWave.com and Buy.com
CITY OF INDUSTRY, CA – July 8, 2008 – MSI Computer, a leading manufacturer of computer hardware products and solutions, has begun shipping all the pre-ordered Wind U100 notebooks. The Wind, with its speedy new Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz processor, is also on sale at Fry's and online at www.newegg.com, www.amazon.com, www.frys.com, www.zipzoomfly.com, www.mwave.com, and www.buy.com. These first notebooks sold will feature Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition and a 3-cell battery.
In September, MSI will begin selling a Windows version of the Wind with a 6-cell battery , as well as the Linux version with a 3-cell battery. MSI will also carry a 6-cell battery for customers who wish to upgrade their 3-cell battery in late September.
About MSI
Founded in 1986, MSI strives to design and manufacture superior technology and innovative products, while offering outstanding customer service. The company's expansive range of product lines includes mainboards, graphic cards, servers/workstations, laptops, barebones, IPCs, multimedia products, CE devices and networking devices. MSI is ranked among the world's top 3 motherboard manufacturers and is one of the top 5 server manufacturers. MSI has developed several new technologies, including ACV (Amazing Crystal Vision), and ACS (Advanced Cooling System). MSI's notebooks are known for their aesthetically pleasing designs and powerful components. To keep abreast of the global market MSI provides multi-language customer service and associated web sites. MSI has offices in Taiwan, Mainland China, USA, Germany, France, Holland, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Korea, Poland, Russia, Canada, and India. To learn more about MSI's complete line personal computers and components please visit www.msimobile.com.
How about new orders? Those pre-ordered units may have been ordered 2-3 weeks ago... What if I place an order now?
What about colors? I need the white!
I'll place an order only when I actually see the item in stock at ALL these vendors.
Woohoo! Septembers my Bday so even more reason to hold out and treat myself when they ship 6cell
me too waiting on the 6-cell with linux to ship, especially since i have like 3 legit xp licenses im not using.
I could be wrong, but I have heard repeatedly that the Linux ver. is currently not planned (ever) to ship with a 6-cell battery. Not that it's available right now in a 3-cell battery, anyway.
yeah but the article states in sept. that you'll be able to sub a 6 cell battery.
Sub? You'll be able to buy a 6-cell battery in addition to the 3-cell included with the computer.
I'll just be waiting for the Dell E now, it's supposed to get better battery life on a 4-cell battery.
That's a funny statement from somebody with a name like yours...
This is just not true. Newegg has not even listed the Wind yet.
The press release lies.
My place of work is an MSI partner and one of the first smaller shops in the U.S. to be bringing the Wind to market. This article is seriously misinformed. We've had pallets worth of Winds backordered for months, and I spoke with our purchaser today and MSI still has not even given us a ship date. We've had two delays already and have at least one major retail outlet breathing down our neck about it, as if we have any clout with MSI. Very frustrating. I really think MSI has hit a home run with this product, and maybe it's what will finally make them a household name, but they *really* need to ship something soon.
Endgadget: the message system is utter fail lately. Messages don't post, get page complete on the #thankyou page. Please un fVck this mess!!
it lookED good until it turns out to upgrade the ram you have to REMOVE THE BACK, and that is only to access the open ram slot.
If you were thinking about getting the Linux version then using your own copy of XP (saving you the license fee) there is a big bad problem.
The basic memory soldered to the LINUX version is only 512m so it will top out at 1.5 compared to 2g for the XP version
Plus right now all they have are the 3cell batteries because of a supply problem
The EEEPC competitor to the Wind is the 904H that matches it step by step, but you can easily buy the Linux version and open the SLOT and insert the ram needed and throw XP onto it
The Battery life on the wind needs a boost as well, there was some site that got the 6c version to compare and it was not that good on battery life compared to the others (30m difference I think)
I was totally stoked about getting a black 6-cell Wind back on June 16. I was one of those guys who was constantly hitting MSI's website only to be disappointed in the end. Now MSI will not have the 6-cell Wind until September. Any timeline on when the Dell E will become available? The Wind is a winner now, but will it still be a winner in September? My $500 is up for grabs, but MSI does not seem to want it.
Think you can load OSX Leopard on the Wind?
Think you can load OSX Leopard on the Wind?
BTW, is that to be pronounced "wind" like the verb or like the noun?
For anyone in Australia:
The wind has a single retailer selling for AU$699 (3cell) with no stock and no chance of a price drop
eee 901 starts at about AU$610 at several sites
go figure...
Judging from the response to the shipping delays it's pronounced whined.
"If you drop one of these... is that BREAKING WIND?"
Ba dum bum!
Mine shipped from mwave late last night.
Mine was received at 2:10 pm Wednesday. Black, preordered from MSI on June 16th. Still getting it configured to my liking, but overall impression is very nice.
From posts on msiwind.net it appears that all of the 300 they allotted for preorder shipped overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Got lucky and nabbed one from Fry's in San Diego; posting an unboxing video:
http://www.adamia.com/blog/msi-wind-u100-unboxing-in-hd