Re: [BLUG] Looking for a netbook

Gnome estimates 4.5 hours. That's in the same ballpark as I was
guessing, but I still don't know how trustworthy it is.

David

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 05:30:13PM -0400, Jonathan North Washington wrote:
>My Aspire One netbook (which I bought with 1G memory and a 160GB hd,
>but shortly thereafter had 2G and a 320GB hd) gets 4+ hours on its
>battery (with a fully dimmed screen and a light work load). I'd
>imagine using an SSD instead would bring that up to at least 5 hours.
>
>If you're running gnome, you can unplug the computer and give it a few
>minutes to estimate remaining time. I think gnome power manager
>aggregates power consumption data and tweaks its estimates, but I
>could be wrong. Intel(?)'s powertop should also give you an estimate
>when you're on battery power.
>
>--
>Jonathan
>
>On 17 June 2010 17:10, David Ernst <david.ernst@davidernst.net> wrote:
>> Honestly, I'm not sure.  Usually I keep it plugged in, but whenever I
>> want to walk around the house, i just unplug it.  It's never run out.
>> When I bring it to meetings, I typically don't even bring the
>> charger.  I would guess that it'd go 3-4 hours, but I've never tested
>> it.  someday I'll take it on an airplane and find out.
>>
>> Note that this is one of the models without a HD.  So, it's only 16G
>> SDD storage built in, although there's an external SDD slot too where
>> I have another 16G card.  Anyway, I believe the only moving part is
>> the fan, so I think that helps w/ battery life.
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 04:35:17PM -0400, Lord Drachenblut wrote:
>>>What kind of battery life are you getting out of it?
>>>
>>>On Jun 17, 2010 3:25 PM, "David Ernst" <david.ernst@davidernst.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>You can't have mine!  I love it!!  But, you might want to get one just
>>>like it:
>>>
>>>http://cgi.ebay.com/Asus-1000-Eee-PC-Netbook-Bluetooth-EEEPC1000-WHI001X-/120581843987?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item1c133cec13
>>>
>>>I purchased that model (also refurb'd) at that price from that seller,
>>>I've got Ubuntu 10.4 Netbook Remix running on it, and I'm just about
>>>as pleased as I can be.
>>>
>>>David
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 02:56:15PM -0400, Lord Drachenblut wrote:
>>>>Waanted to see if anyone had a ...
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