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Evesham Quest A420 (MSI MS-1039) Review

post #1 of 8
2/27/06 at 2:28am
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For those that can't wait until a member of the forum buy one and review it.
Here is a short review of the Evesham Quest A420 (MSI MS-1039)
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/buyer/reviews...est-a420.html#
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post #2 of 8
2/27/06 at 5:26pm
looks good, but the battery is surprisingly short!! only 1:34??
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post #3 of 8
2/27/06 at 6:06pm
the 4800mAH 6-cell should get at least 2:30 on normal use. The article mentions a 9-cell battery that is likely the same as on the MS-1036, and provides over 3 hours on that machine.

Their 'intensive tests' also rate the battery a "good", which in normal circumstances any of us would rate "horrible" at 1:34, so they must really be beating on it.

Unleaded or I will let you know the real deal when the US-specced machines come in.
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post #4 of 8
2/27/06 at 9:38pm
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Originally Posted by CoffeeShark
the 4800mAH 6-cell should get at least 2:30 on normal use. The article mentions a 9-cell battery that is likely the same as on the MS-1036, and provides over 3 hours on that machine.

Their 'intensive tests' also rate the battery a "good", which in normal circumstances any of us would rate "horrible" at 1:34, so they must really be beating on it.

Unleaded or I will let you know the real deal when the US-specced machines come in.
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post #5 of 8
2/27/06 at 10:53pm
Ouch, 1:34... This was one of the ones I was considering as well. Lets hope the that other people turn in better battery times with MS-1039.

I imagine that the Centrino (and possibly Yonah) will get better battery time with the X1600. Anyone know when MSI and/or Asus are coming out with Yonah (Duo) based notebooks without integrated graphics?
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post #6 of 8
2/28/06 at 1:17am
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Originally Posted by flipcody
Ouch, 1:34... This was one of the ones I was considering as well. Lets hope the that other people turn in better battery times with MS-1039.

I imagine that the Centrino (and possibly Yonah) will get better battery time with the X1600. Anyone know when MSI and/or Asus are coming out with Yonah (Duo) based notebooks without integrated graphics?
No timeframes yet on the MSI Duos with dedicated graphics.

The Pentium M machines have done slightly better in battery life than the AMD models. We'll see if that continues with the newer systems.
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post #7 of 8
2/28/06 at 5:41am
I have provided this review link to MSI in the U.S. I am awaiting their reply as to battery life.
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post #8 of 8
3/1/06 at 1:58am
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I think the 1:34 battery life is under stress. According to this article http://laptoptrends.com/?p=32#more-32 the battery life should be approximately 3 hours. The other bummer is the keyboard. It seems that the Europeans received a similar keyboard to the 1029 . Hope the US specs are differennt, and I can't wait no longer for at least the release date lol.
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