MSI rolls out Wind Top AE2020 all-in-one in the UK (update: US too!)

MSI's Wind Top AE2220 may have just started shipping 'round these parts a few weeks ago, but it looks like the company is already set to drop another model on the UK. While it remains mostly identical in appearance, the new Wind Top AE2020 scales things back a bit with a slightly smaller, lower resolution 20-inch, 1,600 x 900 display -- though you do still get the same multitouch functionality as its larger counterpart. Otherwise, you can expect to get an Ion chipset paired with a 2.1GHz Pentium T4300 processor, along with a standard 3GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, a DVD burner, and Windows 7 for an OS, among other standard all-in-one fare. Still no indication of this one making its way over here, but folks in the UK can apparently pick one up right now for £599.

Update: She's on Amazon's US site now as well for $659.99.

[iroydude Posted Dec 9th 2009 12:56PM]

SHABING!

[IvanP91 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:10PM]

@iroydude no

[PATRICKmcnicholl Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:12PM]

BINGSHA!

[The Dead Marxist Trio Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:17PM]

Is it just me, or is that ridiculously expensive for a Pentium rig?

600 pounds= roughly $1000. Damn.

[IvanP91 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:33PM]

@The Dead Marxist Trio
you are right. 599.00 GBP = 970.348 USD

that is damn expansive for a rig like that. At first i didnt notice that it was pounds.

[martynmcfarquhar Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:03PM]

@The Dead Marxist Trio

You always pay a premium for the AIO form factor, something people often forget when comparing desktops. But your right, you would at least expect a Core 2 Duo in there.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:04PM]

@The Dead Marxist Trio Buying electronics in the UK (and Europe) is more expensive than in the US. For example, PS3 on Amazon UK costs GBP250, or 400USD, whereas in the US it only costs USD300. In the US you'll probably find this for much closer to USD600.

[d0mth0ma5 Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:20PM]

This comes out on the same day that the UK government announces that you get a tax rebate if you own a wind-turbine, coincidence.... yeah.

[lebowski Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:29PM]

kudos to MSI for finaly changing thei logo font from the default Times New Roman to something that screams "CRAP" a lot less. but i still wouldn't but from them.

[YpoCaramel Posted Dec 9th 2009 9:46PM]

@lebowski You wouldn't buy from a company based on their font of their logo?

[bill cant fart Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:36PM]

That looks a lot like my Apple studio display. Not a bad thing, it's a cool looking display. It it was cheaper it would be a nice mom-puter

[reallynotnick Posted Dec 9th 2009 1:44PM]

@bill cant fart
I was thinking the exact same thing, here is a kind of crappy picture
http://images.csnw.com/lrg/m-56111.jpg

[martynmcfarquhar Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:04PM]

@bill cant fart

First thing I thought as well, competing with the iMac in the AIO category with an Apple design from years ago ; )

[poematik14 Posted Dec 9th 2009 2:50PM]

@bill cant fart I was going to mention the same resemblance but then I remembered that on Engadget, you are not allowed to give Apple credit for anything or else you will be labeled a troll and get downranked.

[jin and guice Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:03PM]

I agree with the others that this looks like an old Apple Cinema display, and I applaud MSI for using one of the most elegant monitor designs ever. Of course, that was launched when the Cube was new, Apple was still a computer maker, and the iPod was just a fragment of our collective imagination.

Otherwise known as the good 'ol days.

[KillTheApex Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:40PM]

Gee, looks exactly like the Apple display from the cube era. I figured I would say it too. We can all get downranked together for giving Apple their credit for influencing nearly everything in the tech industry.

[btdt Posted Dec 9th 2009 3:47PM]

@KillTheApex
"nearly everything" oh yes sir! You are right.

[jin and guice Posted Dec 9th 2009 6:28PM]

@KillTheApex- Yeah, they have... too bad recently it has been for the worse, not for the better.

[Dava Posted Dec 10th 2009 12:19AM]

@jin and guice

Haters just can't stand a winner.... Thank you for being a typical engadget commentator.

[glenskey Posted Dec 9th 2009 4:07PM]

NOOOOO! The mandibles strike back!!!

[ab0tj Posted Dec 10th 2009 12:16PM]

Apple would have been wise to use this design for their iMacs instead of the hideous things they are today.