Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 19:06:21 -0600 From: "John Musielewicz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Battery Life
Hi Terry > > > 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? > I don't know, but from limited observation, most mobile users seem to > want their 'stuff' with them more than anything, and aren't particularly > focused on running on a battery for long periods. It does seem that US laptops are designed for a person to carry between the office and home. Its like 'mobile' simply means something that's portable. > > > 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? > Hardware that reasonably supported what is now obsolete software? My 110 runs XP Office and Win XP- the latest and greatest (and very bloated) very well. If I was able to upgrade to 256 meg or 1/2 gig ram they would run even better. I really believe that outside of very specialized work having large amounts of memory availible is majorly more important that the speed of the cpu to most aplications. And it is true. Once data is loaded in ram it almost doesn't matter HOW slow the cpu is since access is blindly fast. > > > (Which is why I'm using > > 'old' technology today- it is as good as new technology- in most respects). > You won't get much of an argument from me on that score! I run 2-450mhz > and a 1ghz desktop systems - not one of the latest 2.4mhz systems - but > then I use Win98se (under Linux of course). I did upgrade my 50CT to a > 70CT however. And when I'm doing technical writing I use Word 2.0c, and > convert it into a later version to send it off. (I also have a '80 Fiat > Spyder, a '80 BMW M/C, and a '68 Suzuki 500 2-stroke - and I live in a > 100 year old house!) Cool!!! I drive an 87 rust bucket of a buick!! Heh- I can fill the tank in these gray days of high gas prices for 20 bucks and easily get 300 miles per tank!! > > As for battery life, I don't think that there has been as much of a > technology increase as the need has been increased by hardware and > software. Its interesting that battery capacity has quadrupled since '95. It seems like battery technology has advanced very well along with everything else but nobody is taking advantage of it!! I was just saying that if battery life reaches a level of > pain, then there is little else to do but buy new -or- downgrade to a > 70CT since it has longer battery life than the 100/110. That's the > reason I've stayed with the 70. I have seen close to 6 hours on the > high-capacity battery while reading documentation. Problem with the 70 and the main reason I replaced mine is no cardbus so no usb. Plus it has a 640 by 480 screen. New- anything that is any good is too big. > > Cheers, > > 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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