More details have emerged for Dell’s entry product to the UMPC market.

The Dell UMPC, otherwise called the Inspiron Mini, will have a 16gb SSD and an Intel integrated video solution that can be bumped up to 8mh of shared memory. This will result in a resolution of 1024 x 600 over an 8.9″ screen. The PC will also have a 1.3 megapixel web camera.

The Inspiron Mini will offer both Linux and Windows XP version. Finally, it will also have a 512mb RAM that can be upgraded up to 1GB, and an Intel Atom processor that runs at 1.6Ghz.

No price points have been announced yet though.

Intel’s Classmate PC was one of the first concept projects on affordable laptops. But it was beaten to the market by other products and the first two generations of the Classmate itself were designed a bit poorly (the elementary lunchbox look was one of the worst industrial design concepts ever).

The third generation of the Intel Classmate is a case of learning from your previous mistakes. The new product is touted to have a touchscreen as well as tablet capabilities. What’s more, it will also sport the Intel Atom processor.

Here’s hoping that Intel finally get its right this time. A successful Classmate will surely bring the prices of netbooks down.

Nicholas Negroponte is one of the visionaries of the $100 laptop. Unfortunately, he has yet to fully realize his dream… and it looks like it will be a long ways off before it does become a reality.

Research firm Gartner has come out with a study that indicated that the laptop industry will still have to wait another three years before the $100 laptop will happen.

Among the issues cited include hardware specifications, power, availability and cost of an internet connection, as well as finance and payment options in emerging markets. But the study also said that there is a potential for mini notebooks or ultraportables like the EEE or MSI Wind. Their impact is on product innovation that could define the laptop market in the years to come.

A few months ago I talked about this friend who rigged his ASUS EEE to run the Mac OS.

Yesterday I met up with this friend again and he showed me his latest project– Hackintosh MSI Wind. I had to pick my jaw from the floor with what I saw. This was a near-perfect hack. The Mac OS was running smoothly and was quite robust. I didn’t notice any lag whatsoever. The only issue was that the microphone, and audio jacks were not working. This seems to be a driver issue though and hopefully it will be resolved soon.

Right now I’m seriously considering selling my ASUS EEE and replacing it with an MSI Wind.

MSI’s much awaited Wind ultraportable will finally see its US debut soon. MSI has announced that it has begun shipping pre-orders for its U100 model. The MSI Wind is now also available in a number of online and traditional retail stores.

The MSI Wind will be priced affordably at $499 and will feature a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom procie, 80gb HD, and 1GB of DDR2 RAM. The Wind will come packated with Windows XP Home edition and will have a three-cell battery. This coming September, MSI will ship its Linux flavored Wind, which will also have a six-cell battery.