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Go ahead! You want it, then go get yourself one. Deal Extreme is selling this 10400 mAh battery and ships it free worldwide. And while you plan to have one, you may also want to consider finding a good heat sink absorber so you won’t sore your butt because this thing lasts forever. Of course I’m exaggerating. But seriously, it can last few hours longer than what you usually spend. Yeah, you can always rest whenever you want.

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There has been so many reviews about Asus Eee PC, particularly the Asus Eee PC 701 since it’s the first ever netbook I know to come out and show off. I had mine for almost a year now but have not been able to test it at full speed.

I have been using my Eee PC at it’s most conservative setting @ 630 Mhz. It’s on Ubuntu most of the time, but when it got a chance to try Windows XP, I was able to set it at full speed using the eeectl application. Fan is set to automatic so it sets itself to its most comfortable preference.

Heck I was surprised, my battery drained in just 1 hour and 15 minutes, while I was doing nothing too heavy for Eee PC like just surfing blogs and typing comments every once in a while. The other day, I was able to watch 2 movies with 1:40 mins each at 630 Mhz, and I still got some spare power on my battery for shutting down and booting up again. I have 4400 mAh battery, by the way.

Well, I’m not sure if this is normal or something wrong is happening. I would also want to post a screenshot of the battery meter but I don’t know how to do it while it’s 0%.

A French blog, Blogeee, has always been so luckily to be at the top of all things that regard EEE PC. And gets first hand testing on 3rd party accessories as well. Pierre had a very good and very detailed review of the 7350 mAh and 6600 mAh batteries produced by Bluetrade.

According to his reviews, the 7350 mAh can last up to nearly 5 hours on light computing on Eee 700 and 900. And 2.5 hrs to 3 hrs on heavy use.

Regarding the form factor, the battery has minor effect on how much you can open the lid of the eee pc. And I think it’s not a big deal. It also adds some weight to your light-weight eee pc.

The 6600 mAh costs 58.70 euros and the 7350 mAh costs 79.04 euros. Available colors are black and white, and if you order at Bluetrade, you can have discount on shipping by entering the discount code: BLOGEEE

For more interesting information, hop on to Blogeee.net.