CES 2009: MSI Wind U115 netbook with hybrid storage

MSI has confirmed that both the Wind U115 and U120 netbooks will be on show at CES 2009. The U115 is the first netbook with hybrid storage, giving you a mix of a standard hard drive and an SSD (Solid State Dive), both of which will run side by side.

The new MSI Wind U115 will be more energy efficient, with a battery time of around 12 hours, which comes with the option of a 6-cell battery. MSI has said that it is not the addition of a hybrid storage system that makes the new netbook achieve a better battery performance.

The MSI Wind U115 will have two storage choices, 8 GB/ 120 GB and 16 GB / 160 GB. The netbook will use the Intel’s Atom Z530 CPU which will run at 1.6 GHz, with 512 KB of L2 cache and a FSB of 533MHz. The U115 should have a price of around $500 for the base model.

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