MSI Wind U115 Runs for 13 Hours Under 100% CPU Usage
March 13, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under netbooks
It’s official folks! At least, as official an informal battery test related through an enthusiast blog can be. The MSI Wind U115’s battery lasts more than 13 hours, with CPU usage at 100% for the whole time.
Then again, WiFi was kept off for the test, and maybe the screen blacked out automatically to save power (it’s hard to understand the source as it’s in German, but I’m assuming the tester kept the display at full power). In any case, this is the longest I’ve heard of any netbook—or portable computer for that matter—lasting on a single charge.
(image and source: eee-pc.de)
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[...] The MSI Wind should pique interest due to its tested 13-hour battery life. As international affiliate The Gadget Blog reports, a unit was left on with a program maintaining CPU usage at 100%. With WiFi off and the display presumably on the whole time, the battery died out after 13 hours and 15 minutes. [...]