It looks like our suspicions have been confirmed: The MSI Wind will not begin shipping in the US tomorrow. Several members of the MsiWind.net forums reports that MSI is sending out letters to customers who have placed preorders letting them know that the ongoing battery shortage is making it difficult for the company to meet its ship date. MSI is now claiming it will get the computers in stock on July 7th.
http://forums.msiwind.net/post9623.html#p9623This is the second time MSI has pushed back the release date. The MSI Wind notebook was first scheduled for a June 16th US launch. On the 16th, the company said the notebook would be available on June 27th. And now we’re looking at a July 7th date — which just happens to be 1 day before Asus is expected to begin shipping its next generation Eee PC models.
While the MSI Wind notebook will cost as much as $200 less than the equivalent Eee PC models, the series of delays could hurt the company. And MSI has already announced that the initial MSI Wind notebook shipments will pack a 3 cell battery instead of the 6 cell battery the company had planned to include.
What does that 3 cell versus 6 cell mean in terms of battery life? I was ready to pull the trigger on this with the hope of 5 hours of run time… what are we looking at now?
Probably 2.5 or so.
around 3 hours for 3 cell unit. I’m going to get 3 cell unit unless MSI accepts 6-cell exchanging later on.
I’m typing this now on an Advent 4211 – rebadged MSI Wind, bought in store today in London, UK. Suffice to say, my eee701 is going straight on eeebay
Hi! FYI…Just wanted to let you know that the MSI Wind avail in retail shops in the
Philippines. Only White and Pink as of now. Comes out to about $577 for the XP version and $555 for one with NO OS but 2GB RAM. According to my sources Asprire One will be out next week.
Zap
Dynamism has it for pre-order, with first shipment expected on July 15. And this is for the 6-cell battery version!
[…] source […]
magnetic electric…
When you feel discouraged because of the overwhelming amount of time it takes to uncover what you are searching for, cheer up because you’re one step closer to your goal….