Early Photos MSI Wind 2 Netbook

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Msi_windu120_9

On Monday, Wired.com's Charlie Sorrel wrote about the Wind U120 -- MSI's successor to its popular Wind netbook. Fudzilla had some hands-on time with the U120 and took the liberty to post photos.

Not bad looking. You'll notice that MSI ditched the first Wind's all-white scheme in favor of a black-and-white combo. In these images the white also appears… Read More

Turn An MSI Wind into a Super Nintendo

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Back in the 1990s, portable consoles were expensive, underpowered and came with terrible battery life. That Nintendo’s first generation Game Boy (born 1989) lasted for so long, with its chiptune sounds and monochrome display, is an indictment of the technology of the period -- the Game Boy Color didn’t arrive until 1998. But what of those old games today? Can we take the cream of the old school on the road? Why yes, and if you have a tiny netbook, you (almost) have everything you need.

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