@JustThatUglyGuy Asus' ULV 13in with a GT210m gets 12 hours on a six cell, so an atom + intel gma getting 14 is plausible.

Also that isn't how you use the word deplete, and engadget isn't myspace. The more you try to have an image the worse off you are unless you're really funny or really helpful, and frankly you're neither. Also you're 14.

@JustThatNerdyGuy The Pine Trail Atoms are very, very efficient. The new chipset is also far less hungry, and graphics have been streamlined too. 14 hours is probably optimistic (maybe with no wifi, screen dimmed etc), but it won't be far off.

@Broderbund

Perhaps he meant that common sense depletes the battery, and therefore in real world use the battery won't achieve the quoted 14 hours.

Of course, in that case, he probably doesn't need to concern himself with this phenomenon anyway, since he clearly lacks common sense.

ZING!

@Broderbund I see what u did there :p

Anyway this thing looks terrible, that 6 cell battery stick out like a tumor coming off the back of the thing, bad design.

@Broderbund The 10.1-inch netbook takes a page from the Sony Vaio playbook (or Toshiba Mini NB205) Thanks to the new CPU, the battery is expected to last for more than 10 hours, and pricing will start at about $350. First view: http://bit.ly/msi-wind-160-examined

@applehateboy If you don't like atoms, don't buy netbooks, or comment on netbook posts. So you're not the target market, get over it.
The truth is, netbooks and atom have been hugely successful in bringing laptops into the mass consumer market. Anyone can have a laptop now, I think that is a good thing.

@applehateboy

Yes to ARM CORTEX!

@Oli D Who told you that atom is a requirement for a netbook? I'd take a netbook with a VIA Nano any day over an atom.

Atom is garbage. The whole platform is garbage unless you pair it with Ion.

@joshl What? This is neither ION nor 12".

@BigD145 What I meant is that having Ion and 12 inch netbooks totally killed smaller screened netbooks (eg. what happened to the 7inches, remember them?), and netbooks with bad performance (like this MSI).

@analogx *720p content?

@analogx not in 720p

@JakeInDC Agreed, I will never, ever buy another 1024x600 netbook. I feel the urge to chop the feet off of whoever came up with that screen resolution as a netbook standard.