Not bad - it certainly looks like they're claiming much better battery life than the other entries.
Andrew Latham wrote: > Maybe you should have a look at this... > http://www.norhtec.com/products/gecko/index.html > > Gotta love NorhTec's Vesa mount PCs and now laptops..... > > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Vern Ceder > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Simón A. Ruiz wrote: >> > Vern Ceder wrote: >> >> True, but this one will be out by the end of the month and I don't know >> >> how much longer I can stand to watch you play with your eee without >> >> getting something myself... ;) >> > >> > But, Vern, the Dell one will have SUSE on it! >> > >> > ...or Vista...or XP... >> >> Same for the HP... see the review at >> http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/hp-2133-mini-note.aspx. >> >> Or did you mean to say "the HP one"? If so, yeah I agree it's not >> wonderful, but we're all used to that... >> >> >> > The HP offering STARTS almost twice as high as the EeePC, so isn't it >> > kind of aiming at a different market? The HP model looks more like a >> > full laptop crammed into a small case than a cheap, light laptop. >> >> Actually the HP starts at $500, vs $350-400 for a 4Gb eee, so that's >> less than a 50% premium (but you get more than 50% more pixels on the >> screen! ;)) >> >> But yeah, I think it's aiming just one notch higher one the >> weight/performance curve than the eee. >> >> > As the battery life isn't much better on the HP ones, I'm not >> > particularly tempted at this time... >> >> According to the reviews, the optional 6 cell battery gets you 4 hours - >> there isn't a larger battery option at all on the eee, so I would count >> that as improved battery life... >> >> Vern >> >> >> -- >> This time for sure! >> -Bullwinkle J. Moose >> ----------------------------- >> Vern Ceder, Director of Technology >> Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Fwlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org >> > > > -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
