New MSI Wind U230 packs a dual core punch

Saturday, October 31st, 2009...12:21 am

MSI Wind U230 with an AMD Dual Core

MSI hasn’t even officially launched their Windows 7 netbooks, but we have spotted the new MSI Wind U230 (with Windows 7 Home Premium) in the MSI product pages. It’a a new 12-inch MSI Wind model which stretches the definition of netbook not by screen size alone, it also packs new AMD Athlon Neo X2 dual-core processor (AMD Yukon MV40/L335) along with ATI Radeon HD 3200 integrated graphics and Windows 7 Home Premium.

The rest of the specs match it’s sibling, the U210: a 12.1” 1366 x 768 display, up to 4GB RAM, 160-320GB HDD, 1.3MP Webcam, Gigabit LAN, 802.11n Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth, HDMI, 3x USB, VGA and HDMI. Battery life good for up to 4 hours. Weighs 1.3kg.

We haven’t seen the U230 for sale anywhere yet, so stay tuned for pricing and availability details.