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£10 Battery Upgrade For UK Eee PC 900 Owners

Posted by kdawson on from the doing-the-rght-thing dept.

Ken E. writes "Asus has backed down in the face of complaints from UK Eee PC 900 owners about the ultra-portable's low-capacity battery. Confusing statements posted in online reviews led buyers to believe that they would get a larger capacity battery than they actually did — and they weren't happy. Asus has, however, made a conciliatory gesture by extending a £10 high-capacity battery upgrade offer. Mobile Computer has the full announcement, plus quite a bit of background on how this fuss all got started. The batteries will be available June 10 and in the meantime Eee PC owners can download a BIOS update that Asus claims will add half an hour to battery life."

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  1. genius. by Brian+Gordon · · Score: 5, Funny

    unlimited battery life.. just keep downloading BIOS updates to add half hours to your battery life..

    1. Re:genius. by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Funny

      Just like the endless litany of products guaranteed to take strokes off your golf game. Buy enough, and your scores will be low enough to beat Tiger Woods.

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    2. Re:genius. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      With all the money I've sank into that stuff, I calculate that my next game will be coming in at -5 strokes.

    3. Re:genius. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Funny

      Buy some more and you needn't play at all anymore!

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  2. Oh, 10 pounds sterling, not 10 lbs! by Jon+Abbott · · Score: 3, Funny

    I caught the RSS title of this story and it appeared that Asus is making a 10 pound heavy battery! I thought for a second that luggables were making a comeback!

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    1. Re:Oh, 10 pounds sterling, not 10 lbs! by Stormwatch · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, you gringos and your funny non-metric measurement systems...

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  3. Re:MiyEee PC runs just fine by StackedCrooked · · Score: 2, Funny

    Have a nice day. I guess yours wasn't.
  4. Re:Kudos to Asus by frosty_tsm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I measure productivity by check-ins per hour. It's way more effective.

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  5. Re:what we really want to know... by cp.tar · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean, besides the fact that by the time Vista booted on one of them, the battery would have died...
    Oh, so is that the reason for the battery upgrade?

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