Simón Ruiz wrote:
> Well, yeah, but the Eee really starts with a 2Gb model. The fact that
> you have to move up the Eee offering to find something more comparable
> with the starting HP offering is kind of my point.
But I would think that only a $50 difference for double the storage
would make the 2 Gb model a bad buy except for cases that were VERY
budget constrained... I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone. And
the eee goes up to an 8Gb model, so they clearly have higher goals as well.
>
>> But yeah, I think it's aiming just one notch higher one the
>> weight/performance curve than the eee.
>
> I can't imagine but that it runs significantly hotter, too.
No doubt
> Ah. Ok, I was under the impression that it was a 5 cell battery with
> 3.5 official hours of battery life when you pay a premium, and since
> Rob has mention he gets 3 practical hours of use on his Eee...
>
> But of course, HAVING the option is definitely a plus.
No thorough tests of battery life yet - one reviewer reports just under
3.5 hours using the 6 cell battery on a machine set to "High
Performance" with wifi on *and* a conventional hard drive. That ought to
translate to well over 4 hours with a solid state drive and conservative
power consumption... key word being "ought".
Vern
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