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    MSI Wind with 9-cell gets 25 Hours of Life

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  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    MSI Wind with 9-cell gets 25 Hours of Life
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    Johannes from Eee-PC.de conducted a battery life test with an MSI Wind U115 netbook with a 9-cell battery and was able to get an astonishing 25 hours, 4 minutes of battery life from the unit. It was not being used while the test was conducted, but nonetheless even with light work the combo should provide more than enough life for a full day of work.

    Full Story (Eee-PC.de)
    Via (liliputing.com)

     
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    Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 15, 2009
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  2. zfactor

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    well holy .... i should have snagged one when ncix had the deal on them for the intro special. that would just be awesome. hopefully i can grab one of these soon enough
     
    zfactor, Apr 15, 2009
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    now, i love a notebook(or netbook) with awesome battery life, but thats a bit...overkill. its cool, but still.

    makes me wonder what the samsung series netbooks would run with a 9 cell.
     
    Djheartbreak831, Apr 15, 2009
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    Holy cow...I didn't know that a netbook can take a 9 Cell battery.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Apr 16, 2009
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    25 hours of standby hibernation life or 25 hours with use?
     
    optimustarzan, Apr 16, 2009
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    i think is 25 hours just open and idle on windows
     
    george.vala, Apr 16, 2009
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  7. John Ratsey

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    I think the display backlight must be off to achieve that run time.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 16, 2009
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    Oh dear...
     
    Buhdahl, Apr 16, 2009
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    6 cell test
    From HERE. It was the previous test with the 6-cell battery. Why would the 9 cell test be any different?
     
    Corbu', Apr 16, 2009
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    Sick. Now we need this battery run time (even just half of this) in notebooks.
     
    sgogeta4, Apr 16, 2009
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  11. zfactor

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    well we will see when i get it ill post up a full battery test and review. i pre ordered a white one since the deal was awesome on it... but it was a pre order they said it should ship in one to two weeks or hopefully sooner
     
    zfactor, Apr 16, 2009
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    thats more than a day without plugging in the adapter!
     
    Gofishus, Apr 16, 2009
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    my HP 8710w needs 20 cell of batter (8 cell + 12 cell) just to barely make it 10 hours. This battery life would be more than enough for a lot of people.
     
    Han Bao Quan, Apr 16, 2009
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    Heck, 5 hours is still overkill for me....
     
    plasma., Apr 16, 2009
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    Wait, what does 'It was not being used while the test was conducted' mean???
     
    Lyanowu, Apr 23, 2009
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    probably means no applications were being used. I don't think anyone can do a battery test for 25 hours straight lol
     
    dalamchops, Apr 23, 2009
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    Where to get the 9 cell for this baby ?

    is it possible to increase resolution like you can on the Asus 1000HE ?
     
    Laptopaddict, Apr 23, 2009
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    Anyone know if you can equip the MSI Wind U123 with a 9-cell battery? I am assuming you can. :)
     
    Ridley23, May 15, 2009
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    im still waiting for mine. its still backordered..
     
    zfactor, May 15, 2009
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    The reason why the U115 gets amazing battery life is because it swicthes off the hard drive. it has hybrid hard disk/SSD setup.

    For a full explanation: http://www.notebookjournal.de/tests/review-msi-wind-u115-hybrid-luxury-875/2 (german, use google to translate)
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    The Wind U123 already has a 9 cell battery. You won't get 25 hours though.

    Ebay.
     
    Phil, May 16, 2009
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    anyone know of anyone in the us with these in stock?? not just the battery ... i placed a pre order with ncix ca and they still say its backordered. it was originally supposed to ship weeks ago
     
    zfactor, May 16, 2009
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    Ridley23, May 16, 2009
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    maunakea, Jun 11, 2009
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