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Anyone know how what it'll look like with the 8-cell? Idea of total weight (and even better, runtime) with it? Thanks

Unfortuantly I dont but this is one problem i have with PC makers is that they never give any details on the extended battery. its so annoying!

Can tell you quickly that it's twice the size of the 4 cell battery. So it sticks out twice as far as the angle brackets (and the 4 cell).

Gives quite good life (getting over 6 hours mixed usage), but makes the depth of the laptop about 1cm greater than a 17" Macbook Pro (and it's already a few mm wider too) - and I know which I'd take on the road with me.

Think about how deep that is ... won't easily fit in most bags with the battery on. Won't sleep - and hence won't 'instant-on' with it taken off.

Also, the battery is loose - because so much of it sticks out of the back without support it wobbles a fair bit more than I think is acceptable.