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On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:10:20 +0000 Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yeah, sorry about this... I was just kinda hijacking the topic. I > know that the iBooks have outstanding batterylife, and I have been > considering getting an Apple laptop for sometime for this reason... I > was curious if Apple had done anything fancy with the hardware to make > the x86 Macbooks have as long a battery life as their PPC > predecessors. Well, Apple are still claiming up to 6 hours battery life for the 12" MacBook which is the x85 replacement for the iBook that I use. http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects/ukstore.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=32B42242&nclm=MacBook > If not, then there's no reason (for me) to go for an x86 > Macbook over a "normal" x86 laptop considering it'd be running Debian > anyway. :D Other reasons would include weight 2360g, depth 2.75cm and 512Mb of RAM, £749. Just remember, even the x86 machines retain the SINGLE mouse button. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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