MSI Wind gets gargantuan 9-cell battery

Despite the Atom CPU, netbooks have yet to deliver on the promise of exceptional battery life. If we're to believe Jeff Atwood, that should change as the chipset catches up with Atom, but until then, your only option is to lug around increasingly stupid-sized batteries.

MSI's latest stupidly big battery for their Wind is an official 9-cell, which practically functions as its own laptop stand. They've already started showing up on eBay, and are supposed to be released in a more official capacity sometime this month. The juice levels do seem to fall in the sweet spot: users are reporting about 7.5-hours of battery life. But I can't help but think that carrying around a battery practically as big as your computer itself is some sort of violation of the spirit of the netbook movement.

9 Cell Battery for MSI Wind [MSI Wind Forums via Engadget]

[#1 posted by hypatia , November 6, 2008 5:52 AM]

John: The battery is aftermarket, not from MSI. There's one from Mugen Power in production, and a cheaper knockoff has also already appeared.

[#2 posted by ridl , November 6, 2008 4:53 PM]

Ah, yes, the Netbook Movement. Civil Rights, Women's Lib, Labor, and, now, perhaps the culmination of those great precursors, incipient yet already breathtakingly inspirational in its potential to change the fabric of society, moving Humanity that much further towards our full, glorious potential (as long as we get those tiny batteries): The Netbook Movement! ¡Si se puede!

Gadget geek hyperbole makes funny laughs for me.

[#3 posted by Anonymous , November 7, 2008 12:51 AM]

Isn't this just a portege 2000, 6 years later?

[#4 posted by John Brownlee , November 7, 2008 1:27 AM]

I hope the phrase "bowel movement" gets you similarly worked up.

[#5 posted by ridl , November 7, 2008 6:24 PM]

ha ha hahahahh hahah. Brownlee, you are surely the funniest boinger in boingland.

and, yes, it does.

[#6 posted by dculberson , November 7, 2008 7:09 PM]

Talk dirty to me more, Brownlee!!