MSI's 14-hour Wind U160 netbook now available in US

[z71kris]

14 hours with interwebz, and email, and spreadsheets, and some documents, I wonder if it could be true *crosses fingers*

 

[Tizzlejack]

I'd like to see more SSD netbooks for increased speed and durability. But you know... cheaper.

 

[thebluemeaner]

I'm liking the battery life. Performance wise it might be equal with the older atom platform...

 

[jjbeard926]

I'm sure they've made vast strides in battery life, but I find 14 hours to be hard to believe in any realistic situation. Has anyone had a chance to look at these in person yet? Is it getting anywhere near what they claim? Any independent test reports yet? I can get my wife's Dell Mini 10 up to 6 hours without major tweaking, with a little more effort and giving up some features I can stretch it to 7 or even 8. But wow, if they've made this really work for 14 hours while still being usable, that's amazing.

 

[Kovach]

For this money; configuration and performance of this netbook is amazing. 14 is more than enough. Can't wait to see full review of this netbook, like performance and closer look at parts.

 

[shoeseat]

wow 6 cell battery with 14 hours of run time hard to believe except if just turn it on and do noting on it

 

[Yoda8232]

14 hours is really good for a regular user, business user etc, but with that Intel GPU it's a GIANT NO for me. Price is great. Make an Ion model or something similar and you'll see more hardcore users interested.