Just ahead of CES, the promised WindBox from MSI has turned up on MSI's website and it seems like most of the leaked spec's were indeed right. Although the system as such isn't anything all that special, we're sure a lot of people will find the ability to mount in the back of an LCD an interesting feature in its own right.

The name has changed from the Wind NetBOX to somply WindBox, although it's still powered by a single core Atom N270 at 1.6GHz and as this is a mobile Atom processors it's paired up with the 945GSE chipset. The WindBox has a single SO-DIMM slot and it should be possible to upgrade the 1GB module to 2GB, despite MSI saying that the system is limited to 1GB.

Other features as mentioned in our previous post includes a D-sub connector, three USB 2.0 ports, an Ethernet port for the built in 10/100Mbit networking, a memory card reader and headphone and mic jacks. Internally there's also a mini-PCIe slot and a single SATA connector. The system is limited to using a 2.5in hard drive due to its small size.

We would really have liked to have seen a DVI port on this system, especially as MSI is targeting the digital signage market, although they're also suggestion that the WindoBox is suitable as a thin client or a low cost PC. We're still waiting to hear what this little machine will cost, but we doubt it'll be super cheap, as the casing looks quite expensive.

You can find the product page here 

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