On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 12:33:36 -0700 "Provost, Stephane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Centrino(...) battery life is... much better. > > IBMs and Dells have the best battery life. Note one thing: all the > online tests you'll see only mention big brands, but never generics. > So I am sure they're a little biased and cheaper generic models might > cut just as well as expensive models. The other day I was idly thinking about batteries. I have an ancient P166 toshiba tecra with two Li ION batteries, which gives ~3 hours battery life. The new work laptops have one battery, half the size/weight with approximately the same battery life. Why hasn't some bright-spark started making *new* batteries for older machines, using current technologies, rather than re-packing them. Similarly to how VIA's C3 CPUs are made with modern methods but at sub 1GHz speeds thus requiring no active cooling...
