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MSI Wind U115 battery good for 13 1/4 hours!

Stuart — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:42:42 +0000

Short battery lifespans in netbooks are a thing of the past, at least in the case of the MSI Wind U115. EEE-PC.de have been running battery tests of the new U115 and the results have been pretty amazing.

Running a test in Battery Eater Classic they found the U115 had a battery life of 13 hours and 15 minutes. The netbook was switched to 30-percent brightness for the test with WiFi off and using an SSD instead of a HDD. They plan a second test with WiFi on but it isn’t likely to make much of a difference to battery life.

The Wind U115 utilizes Atom’s new Z530 processor which seems to be in part the explanation for the terrific battery life due to its lower power usage.

MSI officially introduces the U115 Hybrid

Stuart — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:53:02 +0000

In late November, we reported that MSI planned to release two new additions to its popular MSI Wind series, the U110 and U115, both with a unique first-time feature called a “hybrid storage system” that means the netbook has the ability to run a hard drive and solid state drive simultaneously.

Two months later and MSI has officially introduced the U115 Hybrid netbook after previously revealing it to Europe earlier in December. A big feature is the new “Eco Mode” that disables power to the hard drive to prolong battery life, while also giving the netbook extra protection. If the machine is only running the SSD and something happens to your netbook, like a bad bump, being in “Eco Mode” and having the HDD disabled would protect it from possible data loss.

The U115 will come packed with a 1.6GHz Intel Atom Z530 processor, 1GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, and SSD/HDD combo options of 8GB/120GB and 16GB/160GB.

MSI’s Wind U110 and U115 models on the way

Stuart — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 18:21:49 +0000

MSI’s Wind netbook series has gotten plenty of coverage here in the last four days, with the announcement of the U120, an impressive liquid nitogren-assisted overclocking of the U100, and a slightly mysterious U120 unboxing video.

So, we have the MSI Wind U100 already out there and very popular, and now the Wind U120 announced, but what about the ones in between? Well, Lilputing via Netbook3G has posted some very interesting information on them.

Both the U110 and U115 netbooks from MSI are on the way, but its the U115 that is of most interest. It will sport something called a “hybrid storage system” that will be compromised of both a hard drive and SSD. The operating system will be installed on the SSD, and the idea behind this is that is leaves lots of free space on the hard drive for other stuff. Another note about the U110 is that it will use Intel’s Atom Z530 processor and not the Z270 that is more common, such as in the U100. The Z270 extends battery life by using less power. The U115 will offer three SSD/HDD combo options: 8GB SSD/80GB HDD, a 16GB SSD/120GB HDD, and 32GB SSD/160GB HDD.