MSI Wind NetOn AP1900, Wind Top AE line eyes-on

Ready for more MSI? Good. Just in case the flurry of other new gear from the company has yet to tickle your fancy, how's about a smattering of all-in-one PCs? The Wind NetOn AP1900 was on hand in Germany, as was the Wind Top AE1900, AE2010, AE2200. Straight up, we weren't particularly fond of any of 'em, with the enclosures looking downright shoddy from a few feet away. Maybe the design team has been too wrapped up in the X-Slim family to care about these guys, huh? On the plus side, the touchscreen on the Wind Top AE1900 was super responsive, but we know you'll only use it for the first ten or so seconds of ownership before reverting back to the tried-and-true mouse / keyboard tandem. The whole lot is shoved down there in the gallery!

Gallery: MSI Wind NetOn AP1900, Wind Top AE line eyes-on

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[Uncontrol @ Mar 5th 2009 3:11AM]

netbook, i can sort of understand

this shit's getting dumb though

[ahmedalhani @ Mar 5th 2009 3:25AM]

MSI is german?????

OMG now ima have to go buy one lol jk.

[Prime @ Mar 5th 2009 4:08AM]

YOU KNOW THE GERMANS MAKE GOOD STUFF!

[Knifa @ Mar 5th 2009 3:40AM]

The bottom bezel is massive and stupid looking.

[thef1re @ Mar 5th 2009 3:57AM]

i dont have my glasses, does that say "MSI" or "MAC" underneath the power(?) button ??

[KarlW @ Mar 5th 2009 5:32AM]

Seriously. MSI aren't content with copying the MacBooks, so they're having a go at the iMacs and old ACDs as well.

I know fanboys overuse the whole "copied from Apple" thing, but with these guys, you'd have to be a complete moron not to see through it. Sony, Dell and Acer (for example) have shown that you don't need to rip off Apple to create a good all-in-one PC.

[Look_Around_You @ Mar 5th 2009 9:06AM]

So?

If your sensitive little self cant handle this then dont buy it.

Oh, you know that whole MacBook with a closing lid thing was "ripped off" from other companies too. Guess we need to shake our fists at Apple as well.

[KarlW @ Mar 5th 2009 10:40AM]

And along comes just such a moron. I'm not saying other companies don't have a right to create all-in-one PCs, I'm saying they should put a bit more effort in it so as to not copy others so obviously.

Would you like it you spent hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of dollars perfecting your product - making it ergonomic, differentiating it in the marketplace and making it an instantly recognisable cultural icon, and I came along and ripped it off shamelessly?

These guys also give the PC market a bad name. They're not trying to innovate or push the boat out at all. They're perfectly content to make those cheap £4.99 MP3 players you see on eBay. They don't want to be the best in their market, they want to make stuff that looks similar. I hate businesses like that. They have no ambition or appeal.

[Forrest @ Mar 5th 2009 1:05PM]

You don't like them or their products? Don't buy them.

There will always be a place in capitalist society for companies that offer 'acceptable' alternatives at low prices. Look at all the grocery store brand and other generic food items. Hell, a lot of them even say 'compare to XXX' to show they offer a similar product at a lower price. Not everyone can afford name-brand products.

At any rate, I'm sure the 'experience' these all-in-ones offer really just don't compare to the Apple products they mimic - just like nearly every other 'generic'. You get what you pay for.

[superhobo @ Mar 5th 2009 5:19AM]

Can't they put those stickers on the side or something?

[superhobo @ Mar 5th 2009 5:20AM]

And lose the chin.

[Muadib @ Mar 5th 2009 6:22AM]

msi........lets turn that around, more like ims (imac)

[Brianyman @ Mar 5th 2009 7:01AM]

yeah.. they are making it look like the imac

[Mystic @ Mar 5th 2009 10:42AM]

Seriously what's with the MSI Apple envy? Macbooks, MBAs, and now iMac clones?