HP ships Mini 1000 six-cell battery
A common way for computer manufacturers to keep the price down on netbooks is by only providing a three cell battery over a six cell, then releasing the six cell as an aftermarket accessory. Since netbooks are, to me, entirely about being long-lasting writing and browsing machines, shipping a three cell battery is basically all it takes for me to lose interest in a netbook forever.
HP has just started selling the 6-cell battery for their HP Mini 1000, and it's pretty much case-in-point for why this practice annoys me. They are selling it for $153.90, which is almost half of the netbook's $350 starting price.
If you can get away with a 3-cell battery on your netbook, that's great, but for people like me, that makes the cheapest HP Mini 1000 a $500 proposition... and if you're going to be spending that much on a netbook, the Samsung NC10 is still best-of-class, and ships
with a 6 cell battery standard for $50 less.
HP Mini 1000 6 Cell Battery Now Available [Portable Monkey]
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Charlie Stross
#1 – 4:14 AM January 28, 2009
There will be a cheap third-party Chinese six-cell for the mini along in a month or so, at about 25% of the price for 90% of the battery life.
(Says the guy who just ordered his mini 1000 yesterday.)
dculberson
#2 – 5:00 AM January 28, 2009
Charlie, beware the flames of LiIon!
Charlie Stross
#3 – 5:25 AM January 28, 2009
Anyone know of a vendor of pocket fire extinguishers? Lithium/electrically safe for starters, capacity 100ml or less (thank you, War On Terrrr)? Or maybe just a Nomex honeycomb-lined netbook sleeve?
(Actually, I've had a number of cheap third-party LiIon batteries over the years, and none of 'em spontaneously combusted -- although one or two didn't perform to spec on the go juice front. But of course, your milage may vary.)
Now, about that Nomex netbook case ...
dculberson
#4 – 5:39 AM January 28, 2009
Actually, my experience has been the same as yours; no fires but lots of disappointment in battery life and number of cycles.
styrofoam
#5 – 8:07 AM January 28, 2009
The HP Mini is a great machine. I hate the way it hits vendors as a mix and match of SKUs (no bluetooth or3G card slot, but with SSD. etc etc.)
joflow
#6 – 12:19 PM January 28, 2009
I don't know why everyone sleeps on the Acer Aspire One. It ships with 6-cell, has a 160GB HDD, and at this moment is $379 at Amazon. And in the blue it's pretty as hell.
Anonymous Anonymous
#7 – 7:12 PM April 17, 2009
i buy a hp mini 1000 6-cell battery a few days ago.The HP Mini 1000 extended battery on sales for $95.5 after a $30 discount. the Mini 1000 is so fashionable for youngling(is my favorite notebook).detail url:
http://www.diggingshop.com/laptop-battery/hp-mini-1000.htm
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#8 – 11:35 PM May 13, 2009
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