uh yeah you obviously have a case of the morons today or something... The reason why we go to review sites is to get the answers to those questions before we make a purchase. Its the reviewers job to inform people and they obviously dropped the ball on this one by missing a rather crucial piece to the puzzle.
And I dont buy over priced Macs, but you seem to, so I wouldnt expect much out of you anyway. Especially since your first post was modded and removed. I can already tell you are an especially world class sheeple.
You obviously did not even attempt to challenge what I stated above. Who in their right mind goes and asks a company why did they take a forward step to improve on a product? Is it suspicious that they release a new Eee PC model, and equip it with a new model of a battery? Hello? Isn't this what EVERY company does? I buy a 2008 car over a 2007 car, Usually there's something new and improved there? Do I go and ask the obvious question of why they improved fuel efficiency or why did they add mp3 capabilities to a CD player?
Sandmanwn, please think before you make these ignorant remarks. You are clearly assuming by your response that you think ASUS did not lie, and that the fault lies entirely with a reviewer. The fact of the matter is, you no nothing of what transpired in this case. You don't know whether or not ASUS had male intentions, and you don't know whether the reviewer was mislead, lazy, or lied to? For all we know, it's entirely plausible that the reviewer DID ask ASUS why they included a better battery (a DUH question to ask to begin with), and was given a misleading answer. It's also possible that the reviewer knew they received a special battery and failed to mention it.
The above, is fair from both sides.
What you've written, obviously is one sided, putting the blame squarely on the reviewer.
Any reviewer that didn't note this change failed. Its also funny that the reviewer now get to write the counter and claim ignorance as a defense and watch as all the sheeple readers jump on the Asus hate bandwagon.
If you do not have the full answer from ASUS (and you'll never know if either side was honest or mislead), then you can never say you know 100%. By the statement I quoted above, you clearly picked your side.
Know your shit before you write. And in this case, no one knows the full truth behind this tale, so shut your 1 sided slant.