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Anton Channing wrote: > It turns on incredibly fast. And it powers down even faster. Great for > on the move. Do you mean suspend-to-RAM (sleep), suspend-to-disk (hibernate), or true power off? My laptop will go to or come back from sleep in 2 seconds. > Especially since my PC at work running XP takes at least > 5 minutes to boot. The eee takes more like 10 seconds at the most. Sounds a bit like hibernation to me, rather than true power-off, but I could be wrong. > It comes with one battery pack. I haven't yet checked the price and > availability of spares, but the fact its a detachable battery and not > inbuilt looks promising. Only if you can change the battery whilst it's suspended (to-RAM), which you can't on most laptops. If it really does hibernate in under 10 seconds then it might be ok. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html