MSI Wind Battery life

[ase111]

Hey everyone,

I know that the specs are out there, but does anyone really know how long the 3 & 6 cell models will last? Has anybody tried playing Divx videos on it to check if the battery life meets what is advertised?

[jhoff80]

Supposedly the 3cell isn't all that great, 2-3 hours, and the 6cell more like 5 hours.

I just wonder how much it'll be improved putting an SSD in there.

[Composer]

I don't think it'd be a huge leap in battery life going to an SSD but if you need more than 2-3 to 5~ hours of battery life... buy another battery or stop staying away from civilization.

[jhoff80]

Originally Posted by Composer

I don't think it'd be a huge leap in battery life going to an SSD but if you need more than 2-3 to 5~ hours of battery life... buy another battery or stop staying away from civilization.

Well, not regularly but on occasion I have to take 6 hour train rides home to visit family. There are AC outlets on Amtrak, but it'd be great to not have to worry about power.

[Composer]

Well at least a six cell will last "most" of the trip. Might as well not bother with a second battery if you'd be around an outlet it'd be more ideal to just take the ac adapter along for the ride.

[dj_pirtu]

I'm quite pleased with that 3-cell battery, less weight. Maybe later I'll buy 6-cell too when its available.

[tyrian]

Don't forget about the Wind's overclock/underclock button mentioned here towards the bottom of page 1 and in this video at about 1 min. 14 secs. It's said to last about 7 hours on 6 cell in underclocked mode at the forums I had found this out at and a couple of the links found there.

[webbyboy]

3 cell battery is simply useless, a 6 cell will be good

[rudo]

Ive heard that the wind's stock batteries are pretty low quality. Maybe some denser 3rd party 6 cells would boost the life even more ?

[boogyman]

If you use the underclock, for just surfing and doing less intense stuff, that would be ideal. Then switch to normal or overclock for cpu demanding applications. It may be a bit of a hassle, but not having to constantly search for power is more important I think.

[cflee]

I read somewhere that someone managed to get 5.5h out of it with wifi off, and 4h with wifi on and display at half brightness.

[Composer]

I'm kind of curious how long you could get the Wind to run if you put in an SSD drive, lowest brightness setting, and the 6 cell

[staker]

The 6 cell battery version will be avaliable in july however the 6 cell battery alone will be avaliable in mid september.
I will buy the 3 cell version and get a third party company to make me a big battery!

[thebobness]

but an ssd will put a 400 dollar hole in your pocket. at least at the price they are now.

[staker]

Also the scorpio WD is actually a really low power consumption hdd, some high performance SSD may not show a difference at all.