Somehow we always knew it was too good to be true. Not only did we hear rumblings from our contacts at MSI two weeks ago that the WInd with the 6-cell battery might to be jacked up to $599, but now it is being listed by e-tailers for more than its original $499 quoted price.

MWave.com has the MSI Wind 6-cell and so does Microtel, but the price is listed at $599 . That is officially $100 more than original $499 price.

Additionally, one of our readers who pre-ordered the Wind with a 6-cell battery from Buy.com for the $499 price had his order canceled by the site. The e-mail informing him that the order had been canceled read: “We were recently informed that the item listed below from order #XXX is no longer available from that supplier. Please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience.”

What is going on MSI?  Have you raised the price? Will the systems with the 6-cell battery be available by August?

Does this change the game for 10-inch mini-notebooks? Especially since the Eee PC 1000H seems to be priced at $549 on NewEgg.com. Slightly. What the Wind had over the Eee PC 1000H was its lower price point (and a bit longer battery life and a better keyboard layout). Now the very evenly matched systems are $50 apart with the Eee PC 1000H being the cheaper system by $50. Nevertheless, we had the Wind winning in more rounds and will probably still say that you should shell out the $50 and buy a Wind with a 6-cell battery. But what do you think?

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