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MSI Wind 9-cell battery giving 10+ hours use
slashgear.com - 11/3/2008
MSI Wind 9-cell battery giving 10+ hours use
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Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, hence the jacked-up MSI Wind you see below. The culprit is a whopping 9-cell battery pack for the netbook, available from third-party sellers on eBay rather than an official MSI accessory, which takes its merely moderate runtime from the standard ...
forums.msiwind.net - 10/31/2008
Msi Wind Forums • View topic - 9 cell found on ebay uk, is it any good???
— forums.msiwind.net — Laker, It stands a good chance you will get it on time tomorrow. Mine got a bit... stuck at Stansted and I didn't realise it flew from there to B'ham. The delay was in the internal flight. Anyway FedEx were kind enough to deliver to a neighbour, as I was ... (more) Msi Wind Forums • View topic - 9 cell found on ebay ...
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MSI Wind At Best Buy For $350
ohgizmo.com - 11/4/2008
MSI Wind At Best Buy For $350
— ohgizmo.com — By Evan Ackerman Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but the MSI Wind is an awesome... little netbook and you should buy one. They’re on sale or something at Best Buy right now, where you can find them for a mere $349.99 with a 120 gig ... (more) MSI Wind At Best Buy For $350
Comments vote down GEARFUSE found this 11/4/2008found this
MSI Wind Gets 9-Cell Battery
ubergizmo.com - 11/3/2008
MSI Wind Gets 9-Cell Battery
— ubergizmo.com — More battery life is always a good thing, and having a 9-cell battery on your MSI Wind... will probably make you shudder with excitement, though that excitement will definitely be reduced a bit when you get a glance at the size of that behemoth. The ... (more) MSI Wind Gets 9-Cell Battery
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jkOnTheRun:  At what point does a big battery defeat the purpose of mobility?

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At what point does a big battery defeat the purpose of mobility?
jkOnTheRun — ... if I could find one, the solution of carrying more battery cells is starting to get old. We continue to see hardware developments reduce the amount of required energy a device needs, but we're still stagnating on battery technology in general. We've heard about fuel-cells and silver-zinc batteries for a while, but nothing has hit the market yet. Clearly, there's demand for higher-powered and more efficient battery technology, so what's the holdup? (via SlashGear) ...

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