MSI digs up 6-cell battery for MSI Wind
By Paul Miller 
posted Sep 3rd 2008 3:20PM
posted Sep 3rd 2008 3:20PM
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Except from what I hear, recent buyers of the Wind aren't getting the same high-quality units as the review units, and parts have been changed for cheaper varieties.
I got tired of waiting for the six-cell Wind, then upon hearing news of MSI swapping out hardware for crappier stuff, I jumped ship and bought a Asus Eee 1000h.
Yeah... cheaping out on parts with Dell less than 24 hours away (supposedly) was a poor move. If anything they should have jacked the thing up a bit to prepare for the competition to get serious.
Wake me when MSI or ASUS have a netbook that can run CRYSIS.
I can't just settle for Quake 2 anymore.
There are OTHER games, flashpoint
@Ryan: I agree. I got the 1000H as well and I love it. The 6-cell also doesn't bulge out like the MSI Wind's 6-cell. I am happy :D
"I got tired of waiting for the six-cell Wind, then upon hearing news of MSI swapping out hardware for crappier stuff, I jumped ship and bought a Asus Eee 1000h."
Hey, my name is Ryan, too, and, oddly enough, my story is pretty much the same, except instead of buying the 1000H I got the Lenovo S10.
By cheaper parts what do you mean?
Other than the synaptics touchpad what other parts have they made cheaper??
i know that vga is a standard for projectors and such but id rather have some output that had more versatility in the non-business world. though i am unaware of the limitations of the videocard
It's an artificial limitation that Intel placed on its mobile Atom platform to prevent cannibalizing sales of higher-margin parts. No digital video out, screen size limits, some other ones. Same with its nettop variety, the mini-ITX based single-core (D945GCLF) and dual-core (D945GCLF2). You won't find any digital video ports there, although the dual-core will have an S-video port. Some folks in Europe have already gotten their hands on the dual-core board.
The only way out of this intentional crippling is if VIA or AMD release a more full-function netbook/top platform. But from gauging prelim reviews of the Nano (faster CPU, slower IGP, uses more power), it's gonna be all Intel Atom for this year.
What's wrong with VGA? I have two monitors (one old and one new) and two HDTVs (one expensive and one cheap) in my house and VGA is the only input that every single one of them supports. Seems pretty reasonable that it is still included on laptops since it has the widest support among monitors.
Yeah, that's true, but DVI-I (and a VGA adapter included) gets you best of both worlds.
VGA, though, is smaller than DVI, so it takes less valuable edge-space, as well as having great versatility.
Is this battery going to be sold on its own? I already have an MSI Wind, but I'd love to get my hands on that battery.
ditto
Third.
fifth
This thing comes in other colors than pink right?
ARE there other colors?
Yes, white and black.
I'm waiting for the $400 Aspire One model to hit the US with 6 cell battery and 160gb HDD!
$550 for a netbook? I'm sorry, but that seems a bit steep, even for a 6cell battery. It's starting to nudge into full-fledged laptop territory there.
Exactly.
I don't understand the $500+ pricing on so many Netbooks. At that price I'd rather pay just a little bit more and get a full fledged notebook. Netbooks belong sub-$500, somewhere about $200 to $400, IMO.
Though, I guess who am I to say anything if these $500+ models sell? A fool and his money, afterall.
a fool?
What you both fail to address is the fact that not everyone wants to pay a little more and buy a laptop instead. I personally wanted a secondary, small (10" or less) portable computer that I could just toss in a bag and go. Sure, I could've bought a laptop for around the same price as my (upgraded) Wind, but I wasn't in the market for one - you really can't directly compare one of these to a laptop, they're meant to serve a different purpose.
Yeah, I agree that the lower-end netbooks should sit around 2-4 bills, but why discourage production on higher end?
I bought my Acer Aspire One for $399 and I freaking love it - it's portability makes it better than my wifes 14.1 inch laptop and I can do the same things she uses hers for.
If you dont want a small lappy that bad then yes, it does make more sense to get a 'full sized' laptop. But understand that many people have different usage patterns than you and it is worth more to them to have a smaller laptop. Hell, if we want to spin the argument further - why spend $500+ on a ginormous laptop when you can get a 'full', proper PC for the same?
i've had my 6 cell wind for over 2 months now and i paid $456 for it including 2 day shipping.. old news
Yeah this shouldn't be posted now the 6-cell has been around for a while.
I got sick of waiting and got a Eee pc 1000H , it rocks. The only advantage i see of the msi wind is it runs leopard almost flawlessly where the 1000H wont really without a lot of work
The EEE 1000H is definately where it's at. You can change the HDD, RAM and WiFi Mini-PCI card without voiding your warrenty :)
With the same price as the Eee 1000h but with lower quality parts, there really is no reason to buy this.
Sorry but the Wind blew this one.
They had a chance to really shine in this market but they goofed.
I just bought an Ideapad S10 for $365 and its better in everyway.
$15 for 1gb of memories(1.5 vs 1gb) and its the same config minus the battery.
Same screen size but a smaller footprint.
agreed.
Ordered the S10 as well...the MSI Wind or EEEPC 1000H are $180 or 50% more expensive - that's crazy considering they all use pretty much the same components..
Once the Dell, Acer and Lenovo start shipping in volume, the prices of the MSI and Asus will tumble...
You got that 15% discount? Did you receive the S10 already? I tried like hell to get that discount but it never worked.
You got that 15% discount? Did you receive the S10 already? I tried
like hell to get that discount but it never worked.
OH, FINALLY it shows that the MSI wind isn't cheaper compared to the eee 1000 when spec'ed out similarly. It doesn't even have a lot of the features of the Eee 1000h at the same price! Like the multi-touch trackpad, the built in wireless N and bluetooth, or the built quality of an Asus. I don't see why anyone would buy the wind with the -cell at this point...
The Asus 1000H has several advantages, but it also weighs ~25% more than the 6-cell Wind (3.2 pounds vs 2.6 pounds). That may not matter to you, but it's important to some.
(note that I don't have either... I picked up an Acer Aspire One for $300 a month ago via the live.com/Ebay/Paypal cashback deal)
I want a Wind with the 6-cell battery, but it simply will not do without the synaptics touch pad. The one they're apparently using now is a POS.
the current track-pad isn't quite a POS - but it won't let you turn off tap to click and it's WAY WAY too sensitive - carpal tunnel or external mouse, choose your poison.
@Flashpoint - Wakie, wakie!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cUl9WFv7g
what does "its shipping now" mean?
wait im confused... the 6 cell has been out for a while now- why is this news?
Why is this news? The pink 6 Cell has been on newegg for weeks
@golfreak: where did you find the Ideapad S10 for $365???? please tell me!
i got mine for the same price. estimated ship date is 9/9, but my guess is that it wont even be in a box shipped for another month at the earliest with the way every manufacture has been delaying these netbooks after putting them up for sale.
Lenovo sold it for about that with a coupon code (which I found posted here on Engadget).
I would have bought the 6-cell wind if it had been available back in June, but not any more with the switching out of parts like the touchpad to cheaper components. That really scares me about what your actually getting. Now, I can't wait until Lenovo drops their 6-cell, 120GB S10 version in the US. Hopefully it will be soon!!!
where in manhattan can i buy only a battery for msi wind, 6 cell????