According to a post on Engadget the new MSI Wind U90 netbook will be available here in Europe (no info abut specific markets) for €339 with SUSE Linux. Shipping should start by the end of September.
Engadget also has a new gallery of pictures.
Here to accompany the 10″ MSI Wind U100 is the U90 with an 8.9″ inch screen. Specifications on this particular netbook (or sub-notebook, depending on how you see things…) are as follows:
Unfortunately no word on whether this will be available with Linux as well, the MSI site on mentions Windows XP (which is a damn stupid OS to run on such low-spec machines).
Apparently MSI will follow in Asus’s footsteps and create a desktop version of their sub-notebook. The desktop Wind will likely have pretty much the same internals as the current notebook editions. It will be powered by the same 1,6GHz Intel Atom CPU and feature 1GB of DRAM(upgradeable to 2GB), a 3.5-inch HDD with up to 160GB of storage and WLAN 802.11b/g built in. A DVD drive will also be included.
The price will range from $199 to $299, depending on the feature set. The InfoWorld article says that the machines will ship with Windows XP, but hopefully a Linux version will also be available…
According to an email received by an Engadget reader, Fred H, the MSI Wind’s shipping is beign delayed until “the week of July 7.” This positions it to arrive at around the same time as the new Asus Eee PCs…
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