Remember those delectable photos of the supposedly official
9-cell MSI Wind batteries we saw a few weeks ago? The ones we were told to expect in November? Well, only two days in and November's apparently brought some of us something besides that rain we're always hearing about: at least a few lucky Brits seem to have scored an
MSI-sanctioned 9-cell for £70 (about $115) on the UK's eBay. Photos of the battery submitted to the MSI Wind Forum show it to be totally gargantuan, but the juice times customers are reporting -- 7.34 hours by one account -- are impressive if accurate. We'll give them this: it's definitely handsomer than the
DIY version.
Update: As some commenters have pointed out, it looks like this battery is manufactured by Medion, who also happen to produce a
clone of the Wind.
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posted November 3rd 2008 11:00AM
Hideous.
I totally agree.. they should have either made the battery somehow spread over the bottom or make it stuck out of the back.. why down? :\
Actually, it works out pretty well when you're using it. My laptop's bigger cell does it, and it angles the keyboard up slightly.
@MioTheGreat
The point here is that it's not as easy to put it into a bag anymore..
I wonder if we can ID the Mac user in this thread. Who gives a shit if it looks ugly. 7 damn hours. End of store.
@Patriks7:
protip: take out battery before putting into bag
Oh good, now I don't have to buy that handy laptop stand, it's built in! Can anybody say "typewriter height"?
Thank god for thin, portable computers! the netbooks have arrived!
It kind of defeats the purpose, doesn't it? If it's so big and heavy that it is barely portable anymore, why not just leave it plugged in at home?
BIG AND HEAVY? You're kidding...
Yes it's ugly tumor on the bottom side of a netbook, but the combo is still MUCH lighter/smaller than a laptop.
If you prep a regular laptop for trans-atlantic flight, you'll need an even bigger laptop.
You're compareing apples to oranges, and you're being overly dramatic about the size.
It's still a 10" notebook. Before the Asus Eee came out, people were clamoring over the ability to get a 13" notebook for less than $1000.
The battery's shape changes the overall shape of the laptop to make it less portable. The batter juts out the bottom, making it more difficult to pack. You'd still need a pretty thick section of your backpack or bag to carry it around.
I'd rather have a laptop that's 0.2" or 0.3" all around, then that battery. It's completely obtrusive.
lmao!
Yea, at that price only a tool would buy it.
I'm sure I will soon be able to find one for ~$40 on various "Extreme Deal" web sites...
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge.
hehehe.
That's what she said.
Zing!
That is extreme. I don't think any keyboard is meant to be at that great a slant. How is one supposed to type on that?
on the contrary, usually a keyboard slant improves the typing experience, I know because typing is much more natural with my m1330 and the 9 cell battery (which is at a slant) than without
A simple solution is to install some DIY legs on the front...
a simpler solution is just to get a Mac Air...
Jacob, I hope you enjoy your CPS..
Is that a giant battery that is going to last 8 hours tonight... or are you just happy to see me?
At what point do you finally admit that you're better off buying a real notebook?
Which "real notebook" gets over 7 hours battery life, weighs less than 4 lbs, and costs around $500?
Is this another of the 3rd party batteries becoming common for netbooks or an actual MSI official battery?
It's a third party battery.
it looks just like that DIY one, only better wrapped.
LOL. Now, my HP has the battery design where it slants it up a little and I actually kinda like that. This battery however is bordering on impractical at best. Who types like that?
It wouldnt be so bad if it would just stick out the back, instead of being raised up. I dont want my netbook tilted at an angle when i type
If it went out the back, people would complain that it didn't fit into their bag, or it's "hideous" or whatever every single post on here is saying.
What they want is a 9-cell battery in a 3-cell battery package, which is impossible. So it's either out the back, or below.
MSI's 12" notebooks have always had an extended battery that raises the notebook, this is no surprise. But on a smaller notebook, the battery is obviously going to stick out more, with less space to use horizontally.
Wow. How incredibly hideous. I guess it just completes the ensemble though. An ugly battery to go with an equally ugly OS: Namely Vista. *Shudders*
They run XP or Linux.
The wind doesn't come with Vista, it comes with XP! You should not make negative comments about a computer you don't have.
Just goes to show how ignorant Apple fanboys are. XD
You can also install osx on it. That should get your juices flowing...
Double's as night stick.
minus the apostrophe.
Surely a few extra batteries/finding somewhere to charge up, is better than having that thing hanging off the back of your (otherwise) svelte netbook?
Uh, these aren't firstparty or "MSI-sanctioned". I don't think that the old "leak" suggested they were either. They're just a good deal less likely to explode than the home-made ones were.
High Heals in Laptops ... I like it ... makes the Butt look slimmer
Bahahahaha!!!!
the battery also probably improves ventilation as well by increasing the clearance above the work surface.
It wasn't manufactured by Medion either. It's a third-party battery, made by some off-brand outfit. It doesn't say Medion anywhere on it.
On a different note. A 12 cell is available for eee 901/1000 for 75 bucks on ebay. That's one of very few things that eeePC has in comparison to competitors: accessories.
2 question
Is it a Sony battery?
and how wide is the bomb explosion radius ?
:P kidding
Normally I like a big bulge. But I think I'll give that one a miss.
Especially when there's the Samsung NC10 which looks a hell of a lot better and lasts almost as long.
I honestly don't see why more laptop/netbook makers don't do what tablet PC makers do. Spread the extended battery across the bottom of the laptop (aka Battery slice/slate), you just need to remap the ventilation.
The battery's shape changes the overall shape of the laptop to make it less portable. The batter juts out the bottom, making it more difficult to pack. You'd still need a pretty thick section of your backpack or bag to carry it around.
I'd rather have a laptop that's 0.2" or 0.3" all around, then that battery. It's completely obtrusive.
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Ray
All,
Well thats my battery and Medion E1210 oh and coffee table too. The battery is great, yes its large, but thats what I need. I have always wanted a small compact functional notebook that is cheap (£279) and transportable. The battery was bought off ebay and is not labelled as a Medion.
It providedes me with what I want and for a price I wanted to pay. After all its down to your own choice.
Regards