Replace the MSI Wind’s touchpad for $8

crunchgear.com - 12/15/2008

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Apparently MSI has recently swapped out the Synaptics touchpad on the MSI Wind with a touchpad from Sentellic. What’s the difference, you might ask? Well, that thing you’re able to do with Synaptics touchpads where you gently stroke your finger up and down the right-hand side of the pad to ...

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MSI to Demo Touchscreen Wind, Release Wind U110, Wind U115 and U300 in U.S.

— blog.laptopmag.com — The Wind U100 and U120 will be parallel products in the U.S. The U120 will have a... new design (which we got a hands-on look at last month ) and WiMax/3G options. The U120 will hit the U.S. market in January. The Wind U110 and U115 will be released at ... (more) MSI to Demo Touchscreen Wind, Release Wind U110, Wind ...

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High Tech Lounge — ... and a little bit of time. Be forewarned though, that this installation is not for the feint of heart. That said, if you’ve cracked open a laptop before to upgrade RAM and perform other similar tasks, switching out the tappy Sentellic touchpad for a gliding Synaptics one should be a relatively straightforward process. A comprehensive tutorial has been posted at MSI Wind Forums, so check it out and see if it’s worth your time and effort. MSI Wind Touchpad Brings You Problems Source: crunchgear.com

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