#msi wind box

Micro-Star International has announced a new model in its Wind PC line -- the MSI Wind Box. The WindBOX is an Atom-based PC geared towards thin clients, POS and digital signage. Microsoft has started rolling out a new “Xbox mode” for Windows 11 PCs, bringing a console-like gaming experience to laptops, desktops, and handheld devices. Originally tested under the “full screen experience” name on handheld devices, Xbox mode has now expanded to select Windows 11 PCs in limited markets, with wider availability rolling out in the coming weeks. I've got the chance to get fairly acquainted with the MSI Wind U100, one of the early competitors in the 10" range of the UMPC market. MSI did the right thing by skipping the 7-inch segment and went all-out with a 10-incher (there's an MSI Wind U90 at 8.9" but was never launched in the Philippines and the version I got was the MSI U100XP 10" running Windows XP). Likewise, the CPU core averages at 57 degrees Centigrade but because there was ample ventilation at the bottom and an exhaust fan blowing out from the left side, the MSI Wind does not heat up as much as the Asus Eee PC 701 running a Celeron M 900. In a way, we can now say that the MSI Wind has a good potential to be a primary laptop (see related story on Intel Atom here). Read more in our articles including "MSI Wind Box: The Slap-On PC" and "Xbox Mode launches on Windows 11".