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Written by Mike Buetow   
Tuesday, 06 January 2009 04:16

TAIPEI -- OEM/ODM Micro-Star International will refocus its notebook computer line on the hot netbook market and may spin off its Wind brand of low-cost "nettop" PCs.

MSI is one of several Taiwan-based companies that both design and build PCs under its own brand and for third-parties. The company also supplies motherboards and graphics cards.

MSI shipped a reported three million netbooks and notebooks in 2008, mainly to Europe. It debuted some 25 PC models in 2008 and could roll out as many as 30 this year. 

The company ships about an equal number of netbooks and PCs each year, and while it forecasts the second quarter to be a trough, it expects substantial growth overall in 2009.


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