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The MSI Wind U120 Netbook!
I saw a girl at Gramstand yesterday who was using a new MSI Wind U120 “Netbook.” They are still not available in the U.S., but will be by year’s end. To anyone who does IT field work (ahem), using one of these would be like swapping out your Case Logic 180 disc album of software for a handful of flash drives in a smooth, velvet pouch! Okay, that sounds goofy, buy you try walking over, around, and under Manhattan all day with a cross-platform, full network support, in-home and on-site tech business on your back! Yeah, that’s right, I said it!
Anyway, if we’re not all sleeping in boxes in mall parking lots before December, MSI might get to ship enough over for me to slide one in my back pocket without notice. The specs: 120GB HDD (or a 20GB / 40GB SSD), 802.11n WiFi and built-in 3.5G WWAN. And if you pick it up and close your eyes, it feels just like you’re about to eat a warm croissant. Which is not at all like the feeling you get running to a 5th floor walk-up with an IBM ThinkPad.
Tags: Laptops
Bought a MacBook Pro in the Last 17 Months?
Bad Nvidia chips are thought to be causing problems in some MacBook Pros manufactured since May, 2007. Is your MacBook Pro acting loopy, distorted? Or did your MacBook Pro’s screen turn black one day and never come back on? Read Apple’s offical support alert from October 10th, 2008 to find out what to do.
All those who did not provide Apple with an email address to “stay in touch” (let’s see those hands!), might be at a disadvantage, here, so help spread the word to anyone you know who owns the one of these duds. If your laptop falls within those dates, and your video card is failing or fails within two years of your purchase date, Apple is gonna fixit. Yes, even if your warranty has expired. If you don’t happen to run across this recall/repair offer, Steve Jobs will personally come to your house to replace it and apologize… but you’re going to be out that night, so It’s up to your blogo-friends with no social life to get to you first to tell you that you didn’t ruin the best computer you’ve ever had. Remember, they are responsible. Let the race begin!