http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/ Engadget Comments for MSI Wind barebones desktop now available to order http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
(sorry to steal your punchline) xD]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 2:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
Oh, and you clearly have no knowledge of copyright law whatsoever, Rob. ]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 1:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
The one major upside to a barebones is that it makes part-plentiful people like me happy, since I already have spare DIMMs, and 3.5"/5.25" drives... Sure, the Eee Box is a slicker solution, but for $139 and random parts sitting around, it's a lot cheaper than having to shell out $349 for the Eee Box.]]>Aug 20th 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
Plays 720p iTMS/Trailer videos no problem - Hulu no prob (Flash10 Beta) - Handbrake took 7 hours to rip a B&W DVD to .M4V singlepass (a 700mhz G4 iMac takes 24h+, an 8core 3ghz tower 28m)

wind+spare ram+22xDVDburner+250GB 16MBcache SataDrive+tax+ship=$260
-G4iMac sold on CL -$200=$60.00=happy

performance comparable to 1st Gen C2Solo macmini +/- ]]>Aug 20th 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
'We have found 0 items that match your search criteria "MSI Wind barebones desktop".']]>Aug 20th 2008 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
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OBVIOUSLY, the TDP is 4W vs 35W. Otherwise, for WHS, what's better? I have a Celeron 420 lying around to build a box, but this MSI barebones would come with GbE and 2 SATA2, so it appears promising.]]>Aug 20th 2008 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
With this, you still might need a power supply to power the extra drives, depending on how many watts the PS on this unit provides.

$250 gets you a dirt cheap celeron, G31 MB, and 1 Gig of ram with a decent case (with PS) that has 10 external 5.25 bays. You can, in the future, convert those to hot swap bays, and pick up another PCI-e card for another 4 SATA ports for a total of 8. Thats the route i would take. If they make Atom MB's with PCI-E expansion slots on a mini-atx board, then i would probably opt for the latter solution.]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
Processor
- Intel® AtomTM processor 1.6 GHz on-board (TDP Max 4 W)
FSB
- CMOS, 533 MHz, 32-bit address
Chipset
- North Bridge: Intel® 945GC chipset
- South Bridge: Intel® ICH7 chipset
Memory
- DDR2 400/ 533 SDRAM (200-Pin/ 1.8 V)
- 1 DDR2 SO-DIMM slot (2 GB Max) (Non-ECC)
LAN
- Supports Gigabit Ethernet Controller for PCI ExpressTM Applications
by Realtek® RTL8111C
- Supports ACPI Power Management
- Compliant with PCI 2.2
Audio
- Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec and Microsoft® Windows® Vista
Premium spec
SATA
- 2 SATAII ports by Intel® ICH7, support two SATA devices
- Supports storage and data transfers up to 3 Gb/s
On-Board Slot
- 1 mini-PCI express slot (for WiFi card or TV tuner card)
- 1 CF card slot (for CF card)

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(I'm here all week - try the veal!)]]>Aug 20th 2008 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 20th 2008 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/
How does this compare to a Mini-ITX setup? Is there anything available that's comparable in price?]]>Aug 21st 2008 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 24th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://frugalcoder.us/ works well.]]>Aug 26th 2008 2:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/20/msi-wind-barebones-desktop-now-available-to-order/Aug 21st 2008 9:36PM