Sunday, April 12, 2009

MSI Wind U123 and Gigabyte Touchnote T1028M

Gigabyte Touchnote T1028M
The Gigabyte Touchnote series is probably the only netbook in the market that I know of which is a cross between and tablet notebook and a netbook. Gigabyte's Gigabyte Touchnote T1028M is the follow up to the M912M 8.9" version. UMPC Portal posted a review of the new Touchnote.


"The Touchnote offers a lot more than the average netbook and offers significant improvements over the groundbreaking M912M that came before it. Convertible touchscreen, draft-n WiFi, BT2.1, fast 2.5" drive, easy upgrade possibilities, Expresscard/34 and the well-prepared SIM card and 3G Antenna are a feature set you won’t find on any other device."
Check out their review, Test: Gigabyte Touchnote T1028M 10” Touchscreen Netbook.

MSI Wind U123
The MSI Wind U123 gets unboxed over at Portable Monkey.



The MSI Wind U123 is an upgrade over the U120 which came with only 1GB max memory and the original Atom N270 processor. The U123 is upgradable to 2GB RAM and has the Atom N280 processor.

It looks like U123 still has some problems with the hinges and the poor weight distribution that plagued previous Wind models. Getting access to the upgradeable parts still requires unscrewing the whole buttom casing.