Laptops with long battery life

By Craig Simms on 02 July 2009

MSI Wind U115 Hybrid

The Wind is still one of the better 10-inch laptops in the mix, although due to its substandard trackpad and high price, we'd suggest the HP Mini 2140 or Asus Eee PC 1000HE would be a better choice.

Editor's rating:8.0 User rating:9
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  • Good: Excellent keyboard • More efficient Atom processor • Good screen size • Relatively quiet • Hybrid storage offers the best of both worlds • No useless trial software
  • Bad: USB Ethernet implementation can be confusing • Sentelic touch pad falls short of other offerings
  • Specs: 10 GB • 1GB • Intel Atom • 1.6 GHz • See more specifications
  • RRP: AU$1,099.00

Topics: laptop, notebook, battery, life, battery life, replacement, we've, creek, stranded, mobile computing

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Comments (12)

  • pons commented on 08/10/2009 02:50 Report abuse

    The specs are there. Try clicking on the link that says 'specs'. All will be revealed

  • Standardisation commented on 30/09/2009 13:49 Report abuse

    I agree. To make informed choices one must be presented with the basics - features/technical specs in a standardised format, like a table.
    One can only assume a hidden agenda, such as sponsors, making money etc, otherwise it's just incompetence

  • chris commented on 28/08/2009 11:30 Report abuse

    netbooks? why would you post any netbooks if regular FULL POWERED laptops such as the Lenovo X200 and X200s and the Dell latitude E6400 (both roughly 7-8 hours battery life - with actual normal use, over 10 with limited). and much more cheaper and can be configured more powerful then the macbooks and def more power than every other laptop on there

  • jodii88 commented on 14/08/2009 09:51 Report abuse

    i am so sick & tired of sites that always quote in usdollars and also the prices for all things u.s. such as anti virus etc are still as expensive as when the aus dollar was at 56cents to the u.s.dollar like hello we now sit around 75 - 85cents to u.s.dollar.So why do prices not reflect this change with many items across the board not just electronics either - irritated jodii88

  • AlP commented on 11/08/2009 06:57 Report abuse

    "timmitay commented on 05/08/2009 02:51 Report abuse

    give me numbers.. why are there no average life expectancies to each shown laptop?"

    EXACTLY RIGHT.

    WITHOUT THAT INFO, THIS SITE IS USELESS.

  • timmitay commented on 05/08/2009 02:51 Report abuse

    give me numbers.. why are there no average life expectancies to each shown laptop?

  • hp p commented on 21/07/2009 22:54 Report abuse

    i have hp pavilion dv6 1143tx and i get great battery life

  • Dimitri commented on 07/07/2009 19:12 Report abuse

    ... although I have to ask, where's the section for Lenovo ThinkPad X200/ X200s? I can get 14 hours with mine not using wireless, or 10 hours on normal use - pretty impressive for a full-powered laptop, and I'm sure it's better than some of the options put up there...

  • star commented on 12/04/2009 03:59 Report abuse

    this is the australian site clearly the prices are in AUSD

  • rush commented on 08/04/2009 13:46 Report abuse

    what are the prices ?? and are they in Aus $ or Us $???/ confusing??/

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