The key to long battery life in a laptop: get the i5 not the i7 - it does not lack processing ability get an ssd drive get the extra capacity battery stick to a 13-15" screen
Not sure if linux supports the graphics card switching on the fly yet, but if it does something with a mixed mode on board graphics and separate discrete graphics card. I'm quite happy with my ZaReason (Asus), I know others with System76 and Lenovo Thinkpads. If you look at CES new stories there are quite a few options in the 8-12 hour battery range now, but for a good processor you should be able to find a 5-6 hour no problem but it probably won't be cheap. Enjoy, Alex On 02/21/2011 01:54 PM, Carl Boettiger wrote: > Consider any of the dedicated linux retailers, such as ZaReason in Berkeley? > > The Strata-Pro is along those lines... > http://zareason.com/shop/Strata-Pro-15.html > (review: http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/28/on-zareason/) > > -Carl > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Richard Harke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My laptop died so I am looking for a new one. I'm sure many people on this >> list >> have opinions about this. I thought an Asus N82JQ looked good -- i7 >> processor with Nvidia 335M graphics but then its battery life is not too >> good. Can anybody suggest something with good processing power, >> Nvidia graphics and not too terrible battery life? Also, I don't want too >> large, >> 14" screen looks to be good. I will be installing linux, of course. >> >> Richard Harke >> >> _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
