MSI Embedded Systems to Support Windows 10 for Your Applications Crossing Multiple Devices

Oct. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- MSI, a leading industrial PC provider in the global market, is pleased to announce its industrial computing system products’ support list of the newly released Windows 10. Windows 10 benefits cross-device applications such as HMI, embedded PC, or mobile point-of-sale tablet to enable more application possibilities. Also, Windows 10 IoT offers enterprise-grade security for machine-to-machine and machine-to-cloud architectures.

As consumer release of Windows 10 on 29 July 2015, Microsoft announced that during its first year of availability, Windows 10 would be made available free of charge to existing users of eligible editions of Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. In response to the market demand, MSI announced its list of embedded systems that support Windows 10, to fulfill clients’ application demand that run across multiple devices for better interconnection and integration.

Windows 10 introduces what Microsoft described as a "universal" application architecture with some cool new features, such as the dynamic transitions between mouse-oriented interface and a touchscreen-optimized interface based on available input devices, integrated support for fingerprint and face recognition login, new security features for enterprise environments, flexible alignment of the Start menu, Microsoft’s clever digital assistant, Cortana, the brand-new Edge browser, the Task View virtual desktops, smarter Action Center with notifications archived, DirectX 12 and WDDM 2.0 to improve the operating system's graphics capabilities for games, and etc.

Following the trend, MSI has tested and listed its embedded computing systems that are compatible with Windows 10, which currently include:

l   MS-9A65 WindBOX II Advanced (http://ipc.msi.com/product/pages/ipc/MS-9A65.html) ultra-slim fanless system, with Intel® BayTrail platform, 8GB memory capacity, 2 independent displays (HDMI/DVI-I), 2 GbE LAN, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 2 USB 2.0, 1 USB 3.0, 1 RS-232/422/485 port, and 2 Mini-PCIe (one w/ mSATA); -10 ~ 60°C operating temperature (w/ SSD).

l   MS-9A66 high performance fanless computer (http://ipc.msi.com/product/pages/ipc/MS-9A66.html) with 4th Generation Intel® Processor, 16GB memory capacity, 3 independent displays (2DP/DVI-I), 2 GbE LAN, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 1 Line-in, 3 USB 2.0, 4 USB 3.0, 5 COM ports, 1 PCIe x16, and 3 PCI; -10 ~ 50°C operating temperature (w/ SSD).

l   MS-9A75 WindBOX III Advanced (http://ipc.msi.com/product/pages/ipc/MS-9A75.html) slim fanless system, with 5th Gen Intel® Broadwell ULT Platform, 16GB memory capacity, 3 independent displays (DP/DVI-D/VGA), 2 GbE LAN, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 4 or 2 USB 2.0, 4 USB 3.0, 2 or 1 COM port, and 2 Mini-PCIe (one w/ mSATA); -10 ~ 50°C operating temperature (w/ SSD).

l   MS-9A78 swappable box computer (http://ipc.msi.com/product/pages/ipc/MS-9A78.html) with Intel® BayTrail/Haswell Platform, 16 or 8GB memory capacity, 3 or 2 independent displays (DP/VGA/HDMI), 2 GbE LAN, 1 Mic-in, 1 Line-out, 1 Line-in, 6 or 4 USB 2.0, 1 or 4 USB 3.0, 5 or 4 COM ports, and 1 or 2 Mini-PCIe (one w/ mSATA); -10 ~ 50°C operating temperature (w/ SSD).

For more information regarding MSI embedded computing systems, please visit: ipc.msi.com.