MSI Unveils AMD Congo Chips based Wind 12 U230 Laptop
AMD and Intel's rivalry today took a new turn, as Micro-Star International unveiled its newest offering, the Wind 12 U230, a thin and light laptop powered by two of AMD's Congo chip. The Congo series of processors is being seen as the company's answer to Intel's Consumer Ultra-Low Voltage, CULV, processors.
The two chips place inside the 12 inch laptop is the Athlon Neo MV40 and the Athlon Neo X2 L335, which are single and dual core microprocessors respectively.
The new laptop is equipped with AMD's RS780MN chipset, which has a built-in ATI Radeon HD 3200 graphics core to efficiently drive the notebook's 1366x768 display. Depending upon the model users pick, they can get up-to 4GB of 667MHz or 800MHz DDR 2 memory, and a hard drive storage of either 160GB or 320 GB.
Other interesting and attractive features of the Wind 12 U230 series are an integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam, Gigabit Ethernet, built-in WiFi connectivity, HDMI, VGA and three USB 2.0 ports. Bluetooth connectivity, again, depends on the model which is purchased.
"Testing proves that the Wind 12 U230, using a power-saving mode setting, can be used for up to four hours so you can enjoy an extended, high performance mobile experience", said MSI while introducing its latest offering.
No confirmation, however, have yet been made on the price or date of availability.
