When most people think of netbooks, they’ll usually think of little computers with 10-inch screens and Intel Atom processors. MSI seems to be bucking the trend for this go-around, introducing the new MSI Wind U230 netbook. It may look like any other, but it has at least two unique features.

For starters, the processor is not of the Intel Atom variety. Instead, the Wind U230 gets an AMD Neo X2 MV40 processor, which has the same 1.6GHz clock speed as the standard Atom N270 processor. It’s unclear whether this has better or worse performance than the Intel equivalent. Second, the screen size has been bumped up to 12.1-inches with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels.

Other features include Windows 7 Home Premium, AMD Radeon HD3200 graphics, up to 4GB of RAM, 1.3-megapixel webcam, VGA/HDMI, Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi. For the hard drive, you can choose between 160GB, 250GB, and 320GB capacities. You can also choose between three- and six-cell batteries.

The Wind U210 with Windows Vista had a retail price of $429.99, so the MSI Wind U230 with Windows 7 will probably have a suggested retail price in the same neighborhood. There’s no word on a release date either, but it should be ready soon.

Over the last 24 hours the abaris server has been randomly dying. We have been doing upgrades and various checks to find the cause of the issue.

At 10:00 AM the hard drive became unresponsive. We are currently whipping the machine and will begin doing an OS Reload, cPanel Install and restore from backups. We will update this post with more details as we have them.

Current ETA is 24 hours.

There is a staff member on site who will be working on the issue until it is fixed.

We appreciate your patience and understanding.

Update 03/11/09 – 8:00 AM PST – We are currently working on copying the backup files to the new server and will commence restoring accounts shortly.

Update 03/11/09 – 10:00 AM PST – Accounts are being restored. So far 25% have been restored ETA update is 4-5 hours.

Update 03/11/09 – 4:00 PM PST – Accounts are still being restored. So far 80% have been restored revised ETA is 2-3 more hours.

Update 03/11/09 – 700 PM PST – 95% of the accounts are restored. If your account is missing then open a NEW ticket with support. If your account has been restored and it is missing something in it then please add it back. So if an email is missing then add it back for example. Backups are usually 99.9% accurate so be sure to check your account.