14 DAY TRIAL // After a long time of not offering any suitable CPU for the mobile PC segment, AMD finally broke the ice yesterday when it refreshed its entire platform portfolio. The collection included chips meant to be used in netbooks and ultrathins, and PC makers, Acer especially, were quick to show off such devices. Acer was the first to bring out an AMD netbook, and also brought out ultra-thin and mainstream machines. Of course, other PC makers were not bound to stay silent for long either, as proven by MSI's launch of its own AMD laptop.
Like so many of its peers, Micro-Star International decided to attend the event in Cannes, France, in order to make a lasting impression on consumers that travelled frequently and would benefit from a new, strong ultrathin. The Wind U250 is one such product, measuring 12 inches and based on the AMD Athlon II Neo K325 central processing unit.
The K325 has a frequency of 1.3GHz, a power draw of 15W and 2MB of L2 cache memory. Basically, this CPU is the slowest, but also the cheapest, dual-core chip that the Sunnyvale, California-based company has to offer the ultrathin segment. The CPU is backed up by up to 4GB of RAM and integrated graphics with support for DirectX 10.1. As for storage, a hard disk drive will provide the machine with 320GB.
The folks over at NewGadgets are the ones that managed to score pictures of the computer, though they could not find out all the specifications. As such, the exact resolution of the screen is not known (probably 1366 x 768), and neither are the connectivity capabilities. Besides the obvious USB and audio connectors, Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi and Bluetooth are very likely, but there is no way to confirm. Still, these details, along with pricing, should not take too long in being revealed, considering that the Wind U250 will start selling by this summer.