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NASA looking to go nuclear on the moon {Engadget}
Sep 11th 2008 4:14PM All together now in your best Barbara Bain monotone: "Oh John! MoonBase Alpha will be destroyed"
MSI digs up 6-cell battery for MSI Wind {Engadget}
Sep 3rd 2008 7:59PM the current track-pad isn't quite a POS - but it won't let you turn off tap to click and it's WAY WAY too sensitive - carpal tunnel or external mouse, choose your poison.
MSI Wind barebones desktop now available to order {Engadget}
Aug 20th 2008 11:03PM It has an internal CF slot on the IDE bus that supports booting in Bios and a Mini PCIExpress
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)
MSI Wind barebones desktop now available to order {Engadget}
Aug 20th 2008 7:48PM CPU/NB/SB/GMA950 chipset is the same as the Wind Netbook - so it should be a one button Hackintosh with the PB WindOSX86 ISO, no onboard audio support in OSX - desktop has no internal speakers, USB audio dongle required ($10)
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 +/-
MSI Winds said to be shipping without Synaptic touchpads {Engadget}
Aug 15th 2008 9:19PM I got mine from Amazon last week - I was on the "e-mail me when this is in stock" list - they never e-mailed, but when ZipZoomFly sent me the in stock notice, I happened to check Amazon and they were accepting pre-order. They ended up shipping it 5 days later. Seems like MSI is dropping pallets at various vendors in really irregular allotments. They're eventually supposed to be available through Costco as well. I just ordered the barebones box as well (no supply issues with that, hopefully it'll hackintosh just as easily)
Ask Engadget: What's the best netbook out there? {Engadget}
Aug 14th 2008 11:08PM I got my MSI wind 2 days ago - it makes for a killer 10" superlight mac laptop - XP is fine on it - dual booting.... kind of a pain.
the keyboard is great - trackpad sucks donkeyballs, no way to turn off click and drag on the mac side. FUGLY white vinyl slipcase with grey piping - guess the girl next door gets a new carry bag for her Brats dolls (ick).
VERY happy for 549.99 (free shipping/no tax) and no Steve Jobs $200 "black tax"
Dell E-series netbooks to include 10-incher? Today we hope to find out. {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2008 6:01PM My 6Cell Wind arrives today - ON TRUCK FOR DELIVERY - extra ram, Atheros card, 320GB SATA drive on the work bench - DAMN you UPS - DAMN YOU TO HELL!
(dual boot hackintosh here I come - but that Dell looks really sweet, especially if they can bring it in decently specced for under $500)
Elmo Live ready for pre-order by dutiful parents {Engadget}
Aug 11th 2008 5:14AM Can Elmo tell us the story of how he can move more naturally (and seemingly quietly) for $65 than Pleo can for $300 ?
(what's with the wire harness coming out the back? Demo too long for a set of D cells or is that in case he were to flip out during the demo and attack the press corps?)
Intel bringing quad-core CPUs to laptops next month? {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 8:56AM In related news: The next gen macbook pro will adopt a floating hinge design, teflon coating over the aluminum, and double as a panini press.
Segway CTO becoming VP of Apple product design -- yes, really {Engadget}
Jul 7th 2008 8:32AM re: Hipocracy: One of Jobs money quotes was that the "ginger" was so revolutionary - so game changing that cities would be re-architected for it. reading the linked Harvard article one gets the impression he flip-flopped on that one.
re: industrial design vs product design - one chooses the plastics most likely to yellow or crack with use (macbooks, cube) the other decides that your keyboard should look like a cheeto dust terrarium.
