MSI says the machine will last from 12 to 20 hours with a six- or nine-cell battery, respectively.

MSI Wind U115.

Rent-to-Own industry Netbook supplier MSI made PC World's 10 Most Anticipated Ultraportables and Netbooks of 2009. See list. MSI is distributed to the rent-to-own channel through New Age Electronics.

According to PC World, the MSI Wind U115 is touted as the world's first hybrid-storage notebook. It comes with a 160GB hard disk but also includes a solid-state drive (8GB or possibly 16GB) to run the operating system and programs.

An SSD is more durable and faster than a standard hard drive; it also uses less laptop battery power, keeping your system running longer between recharges. When you're on the go, just switch off the power-sucking disk-based drive, and you'll still have access to your computer’s normal functions.

MSI says the machine will last from 12 to 20 hours with a six- or nine-cell battery, respectively.

Intel's Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor powers the U115; the system also supports up to 2GB of RAM and has three USB ports, a webcam, two-channel stereo speakers, a microphone, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a four-in-one card reader (SD Card, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick and Memory Stick Pro).