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MSI Wind U115 blows-in hybrid storage
MSI'S SUCCESSFUL Wind family of netbooks will soon be grabbing some extra headlines as it becomes the first netbook to feature ‘hybrid' storage. This means the U115 will feature both a SSD and an HDD off the shelf.
The netbook will feature the Atom processor running at 1.6GHz and will offer one of three hybrid storage combos: 8GB/80GB or 16GB/120GB or 32GB/160GB. 1GB of DDR2 667 RAM will be onboard which could account for some power savings, but marginal at best.
The rest of the netbook will remain very much like current Winds...
It is interesting that MSI is claiming a 10-hour battery life on this one, although we very much doubt you'll get that mileage out of a 3-cell battery on account of the SSD alone.
Come CES we're sure MSI will be showing off their stuff. µ
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I believe this is the first Atom system to use Poulsbo. This replaces the crappy 945+ICH7. That means a 25w+ chipset combo is now down to a single 2.3w single chipset. MSI will also be using the Atom Z530 instead of the standard Atom 230. This saves another 2w. Saving 25w with better components really helps battery life more so than some SSD/HD hybrid (which should save less than 5w).
The U115 will not come with a 3-cell battery, it will come with a 6-cell battery. I get almost 3 hours out of my U100 with a 3-cell, so it stands to reason that you could get 6 hours from a 6-cell without any design changes. Add in the fact that it will be using the lower-power Atom Z530 (as opposed to the Atom N270), along with it's MUCH MUCH MUCH lower powered chipset (as opposed to the standard Intel 945 originally design for desktops), and you'll see even more battery life. And don't forget that they'll be using an SSD instead of a mechanical hard disk.
All that being said, I think they could hit 10 hours without much trouble. Just imagine one of these with one of the 3rd-party 9-cell batteries...