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]
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.)
Charlie, beware the flames of LiIon!
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 …
Actually, my experience has been the same as yours; no fires but lots of disappointment in battery life and number of cycles.
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.)
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.
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