Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 10:22:01 -0600 From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life
Hi Terry ----- Original Message ----- From: "terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > Date: 03 Apr 2003 09:56:06 -0500 > From: terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > John, > > I don't really track a lot on hardware, just pick up bits and pieces. I > build my own desktops, but have used only AMD since my 486DX4/120 - so > I'm not real knowledgable about Intel processors. I do know that Linus > went to work for Transmeta, and, that whenever a manufacturer uses both > Intel and Transmeta the battery life is significantly longer for the > Transmeta chips. Heh- but is that because the chip uses more power or the battery has more juice!?! Plus software emulation is slow. > > It's really tough to revisit old computer technology. The This is what I don't understand about mobile technology now-a-days. Who uses it? What good is the latest machine with all the little bells if the battery is dead and it can't be used? When people comment on 'old' technology just what do they mean? I understand about wanting super integration since alot of times theres space requirements in electronic design and in the long run its less expensive and uses less power but who cares if you can see 16 trillion colors on a screen if the screen won't turn on? Who cares if it runs DVDs if you can't watch the movie? Who cares if it has usb if you can't print? A 2 GHz pentium IIII machine runs a 0 Hz when the battery is dead so even a 200 MHz pentium I machine with a longer battery life will outdo it!!! Useability is paramont in my book so when I go to buy I won't buy something mobile that I have to keep plugged into a outlet. (Which is why I'm using 'old' technology today- it is as good as new technology- in most respects). 50-110 > Libretto is dead :( from a market point of view. If you I won't be replacing my Libretto any time soon for just one reason. If it had other problems I would but just for battery life I won't. Size and weight are the top criteria anyway with battery life taking a close third. can wait until > the end of the year there may be good news on the way. Take a look at: > > seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/103340_vulcan09.shtml > > bet it uses a Transmeta tho :) > > My disk is a Toshiba, been fine so far for noise and performance - but I > don't demand much. Toshiba makes good stuff!! > > terry > John > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 09:23, John Musielewicz wrote: > > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:17:14 -0600 > > From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > Hi Terry > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 7:17 AM > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > > > > Date: 03 Apr 2003 08:17:49 -0500 > > > From: terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > I don't remember, but you can look it up at fujitsupc.com - look for > > > tablet pc's. They do something interesting by using the CD drive bay as > > > a place to put another battery. The 12 hours is by using a long-life > > > regular battery with the drive bay battery. I would > > > > Hmmm...I could do the same by picking up an Igo external battery, I guess, > > they would run a 110 a good 16 hours. But I hate doing that because it ruins > > the portability of the system. The perfect thing about the 110 is its the > > perfect size- small enough to pack around with a bunch of pcmcia cards yet > > large enough to easily use!! It has everything a person needs, a nice large > > color screen, 2 cardbus ports, a very large keyboard, irda, and a docking > > port. Through the cardbus ports you have usb, wireless, serial and parallel > > connectivity- whatever a person wants plus if you add a dock you can always > > just use the Libretto as the central cpu and hook up external stuff for the > > desktop. > > > > guess that you > > > would have to go with a Transmeta based system to get extreamely long > > > battery life. Libretto has too. The 233/266 Pentiums were small > > > furnaces compared with earlier and later processors. I may have > > > exagerated the size increase - it was just a WAG. > > > > I have read the Transmeta cpu isn't that low powered. I have seen side by > > side comparisons to Tiwanese Intel cpu clones and the Tiwanese beat the > > Transmeta hands down. But anyway, what would be wrong about using modern day > > technology to improve the US Libretto into a power miser and reintroducing > > it? If it got 14-16 hours on a single charge on a 2000 or 2400 mAh single > > battery under heavy use, had a 233-300 MHz Intel pentium cpu, more ram (ram > > could be added without affecting battery life that much), and the same > > footprint as the 110CT it would be a hot little machine!! I, for one, would > > snap a machine like that up! > > > > > > > > I only use my Libretto 70 for 3-4 hours on the battery, and it's been > > > great. But I don't depend on it for anything other than recording notes > > > and editing programs. I have noticed that my new 10g hard drive > > > increased battery life also. > > > > My 110CT is my only computer so I use it for everything (ooopps, low > > battery- time to connect AC- sucks!!) and it does the job quite well!!! Who > > made the 10 gig drive? My 15 gig was made by IBM and is also quite low > > power. XP also controls power really well except there is no backlight > > control. I've been meaning to write a windows driver for the backlight for > > XP but haven't gotten around to it yet. Been to busy in Dos writing all the > > stuff it needs!! > > > > > > > > terry > > > > John > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 01:35, John Musielewicz wrote: > > > > Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 00:26:53 -0600 > > > > From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > > > > > Hi Terry > > > > > > > > Thanks for the suggestion. 10% larger is too large. Just out of > > curiousity > > > > what is the milliamps of the battery which gives the longest life? > > > > > > > > John > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "terry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 4:33 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: 02 Apr 2003 17:33:18 -0500 > > > > > From: terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life > > > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > > > > > > Take a look at the Fujitsu LifeBook P1000,2000. About 10% bigger, > > > > > Transmeta 800+ processors, and 8 - 12 hours on batteries in various > > > > > configurations - with your choice of windoze versions. Sorry it's not > > a > > > > > Libretto tho :>( Also, the prices aren't real bad $1200 - $1500 USD. > > > > > > > > > > terry > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 14:43, John Musielewicz wrote: > > > > > > Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 13:38:25 -0600 > > > > > > From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Subject: Battery Life > > > > > > > > > > > > I love my little 110CT. It is such a cool machine. It zips along XP, > > > > runs my > > > > > > programs super fast with its speedy little 233 MHz pentium mmx and > > > > wopping > > > > > > 64 meg of ram. The size is absolutely perfect and the screen surburb > > for > > > > > > reading ebooks. However, there is one thing that bugs me. At 4 hours > > the > > > > > > battery life is just too short!! I need about 8 to 10 hours. There > > is > > > > not a > > > > > > notebook that compares to the 110CT out there with the kind of > > battery > > > > life > > > > > > I need except the Hewlett Packard 200LX and that, being a XT and too > > > > small, > > > > > > would not be useable. Why are there no improvements being made to > > the > > > > > > Libretto series? All they need to do is improve battery life which > > > > shouldn't > > > > > > be to hard with the speed of the processor. > > > > > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************** > > > > > > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > > > > > > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > > > > > > > > > > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > > > > > > Reply to any of the list messages. 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