By Sylvie Barak
01 December 2008, 12:02 PM

MSI HAS ANNOUNCED its new generation of netbooks, based on the Intel Z series Atom processor. At an event in France, MSI unveiled the U110 and U115, both sporting 1.6GHz Atom Z530s, copycatting Dell's Inspiron Mini 12.

With 1GB of 533MHz DDR 2 memory, the 1.1kg U110 includes a 10 inch display, Bluetooth 2+EDR and 802.11n Wi-Fi. It will also come in 120, 160 and 250GB of SATA hard drive capacity flavours and either a 1.3 or 2 megapixel webcam. The U115 has 2GB of 533MHz DDR 2 memory and offers a dual storage option, namely either an 8, 16 or 32GB SSD and an 80, 120 or 160GB HDD. Also both models purportedly have enough battery juice to last 8-10 hours.