> ok, I left mine going on battery all monrning to see how it did.
> Kudos to gnome (or just the state of the art) it went just about 4.5
> hours. Actually, I didn't let it go dead, but gnome was down to
> predicting only 10 minutes or so left, so I decided enough was
> enough. I mean, I didn't want to have to REBOOT the thing! :)
>
> the SDD versions of these things seem to be going out of favor with
> manufacturers. Maybe the power efficiency gain isn't as much as I
> would think? I don't know. But I do know that when the battery icon
> turned red, the netbook had more time left to go than my ThinkPad does
> on a full charge.
>
> David
FWIW, the SSD is what *makes* it a netbook for me; the fact I can
throw it around with impunity, and not have to worry about it
overheating if I place it in a non-ventilated area.
A 9 inch "netbook" with a spinning hard drive is nothing but a tiny
laptop to me. Conversely, a 12 inch "laptop" with an SSD is just a big
netbook.
Maybe I'm just quirky, but I've noticed that's how I think about it. Weird, huh?
Simón
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