Have you been reading all of the posts about these ultra-portable laptops with more than a little bit of interest, but no dinero to commit? Jenn at Pocketables can help!

I’m currently running a contest to win an MSI Wind (6-cell version, due in July) that I thought some of your readers might be interested in. With the Eee-alike madness taking over the collective subconscious, most tech heads are probably at least cursorily intrigued. Besides, who wouldn’t want one for free?

Entry is certainly easy enough, you just have to register and participate in the the new Pocketable’s forum. “Every thread/reply of substance that you make in the forum will count as an entry, so the more you post, the greater your chances of winning. For all of the eligibility requirements and additional information, please read the official Pocketables Forum Giveaway rules.”

Good luck, and as always - keep us posted if you happen to win, and be sure to tell Jenn we sent you.

Link: Win an MSI Wind in the Pocketables Forum Giveaway

This summer there will be a new cut-down and ultra portable laptop and this one is perceived as an Eee killer: the Wind NoteBook. With the availability of chips by VIA and Intel for low cost and less hungry devices and the ambitious work of OLPC with the XO and Asus’ Eee; low priced and lightweight devices have stormed the computing world and are sounding the drums of change. Indeed, it is expected that by next year, laptop sales will overtake desktops and mark the real shift (no pun intended to HTC). Cut-down devices are like a sprouting branch of the laptop market and with excited consumers, manufacturers are on fire. Asus success with the Eee has inspired other manufacturers to offer their own devices to compete in the growing market. Dell has recently announced that they will also launch a “netbook” of their own.

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