After nearly 3 months of development, InsanelyWind forum user “Dalton63841″ has released his next version of SnowyWindOSX to the public. It is called SnowyWindOSX Final, and replaces the older SnowyWindOSX Alpha version released back in October. This release consists of many bug fixes, such as unstable audio while running on battery power. It also gives you a 100% Vanilla Snow Leopard install, with all hacked kexts (or hardware-specific drivers) located on the EFI partition, instead of in the System folder of OS X.

SnowyWindOSX is a Mac OS X Snow Leopard distro originally thought of by InsanelyWind forum user “Mars478″. It is a very simple method to install Snow Leopard on your MSI Wind without requiring any Terminal work or hacking whatsoever. The full process of putting SnowWindOSX on your Wind is as simple as downloading, burning to a DVD or USB flash drive, and installing on your hard drive. You are only required to run a few easy post-installation packages that do all of the hard work for you. SnowyWindOSX Final gives you a fully working installation of Snow Leopard 10.6.2. It is also worth mentioning that this release is compatible with the Dell Mini 10v, the HP Mini 1000, and possibly many other Netbooks.

SnowyWindOSX Final announcement page is located Here

The Guides to install this new distro are also located on the Snow Leopard page of the InsanelyWind Wiki , along with all of the other methods used to install OS X on your Netbook.

MSI has announced a version of the Wind U135 to be pre-loaded with SUSE Moblin 2.1. Moblin is an open-source Linux based Operating System being developed by Novell. Other companies, like Dell and Acer, have experimented with the Moblin Operating System, but the Wind will be the first Atom processor-based netbook to be shipped with it.

This version of the Wind U135 will have the same exact hardware specs as previously mentioned. It consists of a 10″ LED display, 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth, 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB Hard Drive.

The U135 with SUSE Moblin is scheduled to be shipped later this month. There is no mention of the price difference between it and the U135 running Windows 7 Starter yet. It will for sure be cheaper, since the OS is open-source.

MSI is Showing off their concept projector PC, which has a projector and computer in one curvacious package. Right now this prototype is using an Nvidia ION Video processor and an Intel Atom. The brightness of the projector is 100 Lumens and the contrast is 1000:1. It projects 1080p onto a 60 inch surface

The usefulness of such a computer can be debated, but it’s awesome nonetheless.

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Intel has launched a Beta of it’s App Store for Atom powered netbooks. It’s called AppUp Center, and it lets you download applications for netbooks running either Windows or Moblin Linux, although so far only the Windows installer is available right now.

Intel says the first apps that are available cover games, health, education, entertainment, and other areas. There should be a mix of free and paid apps.

Intel eventually plans to expand the app store to work with devices beside netbooks including smartphones, televisions, and other consumer electronics. Some netbook makers are expected to begin shipping PCs with the AppUp Center preloaded, but for now, you can download and install it yourself.

The MSI Wind U160 is at CES and more specifications have been released as expected they are similar to the U135 with 1.6GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU, 1GB of RAM and a Windows 7 Starter-booting 250GB hard drive and retailing for $399.

Engadget got a hold of one at CES and made a short hands on video.  Here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/05/msi-wind-u160-hands-on/

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A new model of the Wind, the U160, was just announced by MSI. There is no news about the exact specs, but it appears to have most of the same specs as the high-end U135 that was previously announced. It uses the same 1.66GHz Pine Trail N450 processor just announced by Intel. The known major differences that distinguish it from the U135 are the swapped VGA and multi-card ports, new dotted trackpad, and a complete redesign in general.

The new U160 will be priced starting at $350 in the US. It will be shown off and at CES 2010, starting on January 7th, along with the new U130 and 135 models.

Wind U160 Photo gallery- http://www.engadget.com/photos/msi-wind-u160-gallery/

The MSI Wind U130 and U135 are the two newest netbooks just announced by MSI.

Both models of the Wind will contain Intel’s newest Atom Pine Trail Processors. All models of the new Pine Trail lineup include the N450, D410, and D510 CPU’s, and also the NM10 chipset. The new Wind models will only be using the N450 chip, running at 1.66GHz. The N450 is currently the smallest chip made by Intel. It consumes less power than the older Atom chips, making the battery life longer and creating less heat.

The only difference between these models is the hard drive and color selection. The Wind U130 comes with a 160GB Hard Drive and is offered in black and white. The more expensive Wind U135 comes with a 250GB Hard Drive and is offered in silver, black, red, and blue.

Both models have the standard 10″ LED display, Bluetooth, a 1.3 Megapixel webcam, 802.11n WiFi, WiMAX (internet via a high speed 4G cell tower), and stereo speakers. Also, they both ship with Windows 7 Starter Edition pre-loaded.

The new Wind Models will be shipping in January for $Unknown and $330 in the US . They will be selling in Europe for £229 and £279.

Wind U135 hands-on gallery- http://www.engadget.com/photos/msi-wind-u135-hands-on-gallery/