MSI Wind NetTop CD130 eyes-on

MSI's Wind NetTop CD130 was quietly introduced at the tail end of CES this year, and if you're suspecting that it's simply a cousin of the NetTop D130, you'd be right. We caught two of the boxes on hand at CeBIT, both of which were sporting a dual-core Atom processor and one of which was entirely more colorful than the other. Supposedly, these things only draw around 40 watts of power, but don't expect to do anything other than process Word documents, surf the web and send email with any amount of haste. Per usual, you'll find more images just there in the gallery.

MSI Wind NetTop CD130 hands-on

[ROFL Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:34PM]

Looks like a certain Nintendo product.

[ajeezy Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:35PM]

Exactly what I was thinkin

[TendoMan Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:35PM]

Agreed.

[Link2877 Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:37PM]

First thing that popped into my head too.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:44PM]

Totally.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:49PM]

MSI Wiind?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:57PM]

Tell me about it. Complete rip off of the Power Pad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Pad

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 1:58AM]

Not exactly a competitor, but I do see a bunch of confused moms going into stores buying these in mistake.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:00PM]

wow, i thought "wii knock-off" too

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:12PM]

It's funny, I came to the comments thinking "first comment is going to be 'it looks like a Wii'". Not quite but close enough!

[Gregorian Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:32PM]

At least the 12 year schoolboy in me doesn't have to make Wii jokes anymore... he can make Wind jokes.

[UnixSystemsEngineer Posted Mar 4th 2009 11:34PM]

Certainly not a direct ripoff, but obviously meant to look like the Wii..

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 9:11AM]

total virtual boy rip-off.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:49PM]

Nintendo lawsuit INC

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:53PM]

is it just me..... or does Nintendo Just keeps having more and more companies to sue.....?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 6:09PM]

yah for real i've been observing this trend.

[newreformation Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:53PM]

Next MSI released a statement that the going to be shipping a new wiiboard... (>_

[newreformation Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:55PM]

Engadget, My post was sliced, that kind of an annoying first...

Next MSI released a statement that the going to be shipping a new wiiboard... (>_

[newreformation Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:56PM]

Again!!!!!! Make it stop... Third try.....

Engadget, My post was sliced, that kind of an annoying first...

Next MSI released a statement that the going to be shipping a new wiiboard... oops... I mean a *keyboard* with their new nettop....

[Gregorian Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:20PM]

Regular expressions? Eff up HTML code parsing?
bold text

[skyblaze Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:11AM]

i try to make that face all the time and it gets cut off >.<

see? :(

[skyblaze Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:12AM]

what.the.hell.

[newreformation Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:56PM]

wow that isn't even funny now....

[newreformation Posted Mar 4th 2009 9:57PM]

I hit reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am giving up for the night.....

[Gad Get Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:05AM]

No! Please! Keep digging!

[James Posted Mar 5th 2009 12:23AM]

sorry sacapuntas but i find humor in your posting pain.

[ky Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:04PM]

It's the WiiTop

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:24PM]

Surf web? Send email? No.

The most important use for this box: Seeding torrents 24/7 while drawing only 40 watts!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:34PM]

woah! it looks like an xbox 360 or PS3 !!! Crazy!!!

[patboy2008 Posted Mar 4th 2009 10:37PM]

Isn't that "W" upside down and isn't that "S" suppose to be an "I"

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 2:12PM]

haha, i agree. totally looks like a wii knockoff

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 11:48PM]

I guess calling it the MSI Wiind would be a little too blatant?

[Karate Tortoise Posted Mar 4th 2009 11:49PM]

it would go great with a nyko wii remote. they look made for each other

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2009 11:58PM]

GOD can't MSI design ANYTHING original!?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 5th 2009 6:35AM]

Wow, an MSWii...nd!

[Wwhat Posted Mar 5th 2009 8:52AM]

I think nobody should buy any atom powered device that doesn't fit in your pocket, don't be scammed people.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 8th 2009 1:10PM]

What you have here folks is the beginning of the end of the PC industry. This is the perfect Software as a Service appliance, at the right price point (and it will drop) to be a game changer.

Let's see, it does what 98% percent of people spend 99% of their time doing with a computer:

*** 1) Use the Internet (which with SaaS now includes everything from games to word processing to accounting) ***
2) Check email (see number 1)
3) Do homework (see number 1)
4) Do home bookkeeping (see number 1)
5) Instant Message/Voip/Video Chat (See number 1)
6) Do light duty office work (See number 1)
7) Casual Gaming (See number 1)

Computer Repair Shops - Sell your stock! - Repair it? (ROFL) Sorry, no, if a factory restore won't fix it, just buy another one.
Linux on the Desktop - Why bother? At this price point, where's the advantage? What few companies still write desktop software over the next few years won't be able to afford to support multiple platforms. When the Browser finally becomes the OS (within 5 years for most things) and the manufacturers finally feel comfortable skipping that $5-10 license fee...it just won't matter anymore.
Mac - It's all downhill from here folks, see Linux comments.

From here on out, the ONLY thing keeping the PC industry going is going to be enthusiast gaming and the limited number of demanding commercial applications like Adobe Creative Suite. I don't know of anyone that edits home movies, and heck, I just can't think of anything else "demanding" on a home computer. Really, the 2GB dual core version will make even background security software a non-issue.

As for SaaS, things are rapidly shaping up nicely there. If Mint.com finally get's around to adding a "cash" category that I can update myself, well, that's close enough to Quicken that I don't need to buy that software. Photo editing? Photoshop Elements online works fine for me. And so forth.

Next step? Get rid of the DVD drive. Shrink the box even more, just a handful of USB jacks, speaker jack, VGA, and HDMI. Move to USB3 (sufficient to replace HDMI) and you'll have a reasonably competent PC the size of a power brick and dumped on the floor with them.

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