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MSI to showcase Wind NetBOX at CES 2009

Micro Star International reported to plan a demonstration of its upcoming Wind NetBOX at CES in January 2009. According to the news on the Web, the machine will come as a choice for the well-known ASUS Eee Box series, and although it was initially reported to be named Windbox, we learn that the wind NetBOX is the official name of the series.

The upcoming MSI Wind NetBOX is, as expected, quite small. It measures only 180 x 255 x 19 mm (0.87L), but the company seems to have packed a lot of features. The machine is powered by an Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor and comes with GMA950 integrated graphics solution, can give a maximum resolution up to 2048x1536.

Motherboard on the Wind NetBOX can support 2GB of DDR2 memory, because it comes packed with 1GB on board DDR2 and an extra SO-DIMM slot for 1GB more. For storage, the machine sports a 2.5-inch 5400rpm hard disk, which offers a capacity of 160 GB. A mini-PCIe sockets, Realtek Audio sound diet and 3-in-1 card reader can also be spotted. Connections are available via 10/100M Ethernet support. Power consumption of fresh MSI Wind NetBOX is only 40W.

According to the news on the Web, the machine allows users to mount it on the back of the LCD screen through a VESA mount. The supported operating systems are said to be Windows XP and Suse Linux. The news also says that the wind NetBOX will be available in a variety of colors, but it seems that the company does not unveil any price information on the machine.

The fresh MSI Wind NetBOX looks pretty fancy, while also come with attractive features and capabilities. Until the machine is displayed at CES, you can take a look at the images the guys from the news site VR-Zone managed to lay their hands on.

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