12.5 hours battery life from the MSI Wind U110

The MSI Wind U110 equipped with the big 9 Cell  (7800 mAh) battery just got tested by the folks at Laptopmag and scored a wooping 12.5 hours autonomy on their tests. I’m not sure how exactly they perform those tests, but considering MSI claims this netbook offers up to 14 hours of battery life on a single charge, that number is quite plausible.

However, when i said big battery, i was not speaking only about capacity, but size also. Because as you can see in the picture bellow, this one is quite bulky and adds quite a hump on the back of the Wind, making it a lot mot difficult to carry around. Also, imagine that no ordinary 10 inch sleeve or case would fit the U110, and that also is a problem.

Battery is quite big

However, if you’re looking for battery life, this netbook just tops the charts, in front of the more popular Toshiba Mini N205 or Asus EEE PC 1005HA. Hardware specs are standard (N270 CPU, Intel GMA 500 graphics, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB hard-drive, Windows XP) and overall shape and construction is identical to the one of the first U100 Winds; and yes, that means you get the tiny touchpad and the decent keyboard with inverted right CTRL and FN buttons (I for one use that CTRL a lot, so this really bums me)

Price is pretty good, as this MSI Wind U110 sells on Amazon for $349. I the near future it will also be available with Windows 7, probably for around 400 bucks.

Wind U110 - standard looks, standard specs, extra autonomy

Source: Laptopmag (via netbooked)

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Tags: good autonomy, MSI, MSI Wind, Windows 7

Last updated: September 27, 2011 | Published: October 28th, 2009 | Add the first comment!