Msi’s Latest Wind U160 Netbook Has Fifteen Hour Battery Life
MSI’s Wind netbook was one of the first real competitors to the Asus Eee PC that actually mattered. It did a few things that were pretty revolutionary at the time: it shifted the mouse buttons to below the trackpad, where the Eee always placed them unergonomically at the side; it expanded the screen to 10.1 inches from the Eee’s 9 and, for hackers, it became the first fully Hackintoshable netbook out there, capable of running OS X pretty much out of the box, with no hardware hacks required.
Ever since the first Wind, I’ve kept my eye on MSI’s updates: this is a company that gets netbooks. Their latest MSI Wind, the U160, looks like the best Wind yet: it uses the low-power Intel Atom N450 Pinetrail CPU to get a ridonkulous fifteen hours of battery life from its six cell battery. That’s a netbook record.
Otherwise, you can expect the same specs as any other netbook: a 10-inch, 1024×600 display, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM upgradeable to 2GB, and Windows 7 Starter Edition, as well as a multicard reader, 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR.
The chassis, though, shines: coming in gold or black, it features a glowing, Apple-esque MSI logo on the back, a power button set attractively into the hinge, and a big, beautiful trackpad that has no edges and simply disappears into the surface of the computer. Gorgeous!
It’s available now for just $430. The big question, though: can it run OS X?
How To take care your laptop battery?
When using a laptop as a desktop replacement the battery should not be left in for long periods of time. The laptop will over time discharge the battery. Remove the battery,making sure that it is charged to 50% and store it in a dry, warm place. Ensure that it is wrapped protectively and nothing will be dropped on it.
The battery should be re-installed every 3-4 weeks and allowed to fully discharge. Leaving a battery in storage for longer than this without using could cause the battery to fully discharge as the circuitry of the battery itself consumes power.
Leaving a battery in a laptop while using an electrical outlet for long periods of time will keep the battery in a constant state of charging up and that will reduce the life cycle of the laptop battery.
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