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TechRadar is reporting that the much discussed new MSi Wind featuring both SSD and HD storage, the U115, has now gone official as it’s CES debut approaches.

With a 10-inch 1024 x 600 resolution screen, the new netbook laptop will run the OS (XP baby) and applications from the SSD, using the HDD for storage. Therefore, both drives will be able to run in parallel. Another nice touch is an an Eco Mode button which shuts down the storage HDD to save power. This sort of control is becoming very fashionable as I saw a similar button on some leaked shots I saw of Sony’s upcoming P series Netbook, though I am not sure if it is connected to overclocking or drive usage. As more and more Netbooks flood the market, brand differentiation is becoming very important, and performance and battery life are two important areas for that.

According to TechRadar, here are the spec released by MSi thus far:

• Intel Atom Processor Z530 （1.60GHz）
• Intel Poulsbo US15W Chipset
• up to 2GB DDR2 533MHz RAM
• 10" Widescreen LCD (1024×600 resolution)
• 16GB SSD and 160GB HDD
• 2.0MP Webcam
• 4 in 1 Card Reader
• 802.11b/g/n Wireless, Bluetooth
• Windows XP Home

No word on pricing or availability yet. This looks like an impressive piece of kit, and if you are planning on buying a new Netbook soon, it may be worth waiting to see if MSi can overcome it’s serious execution problems during the initial Wind releases to get this new one out in a timely fashion. I am sure we will find out more the closer we get to CES.

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).