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Anton Channing wrote: > Simon Williams wrote: >> 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? > > True power off. I haven't tried sleep or hibernate yet. > It simply is a speedy bootup and shut down. > >> My laptop will go to or come back from sleep in 2 seconds. > > I've seen them do that, but I'm talking a full power > down. > >>> 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. > > Since it gives warning when the battery gets low, > I'm guess its simply a matter of saving unsaved work, > powering down, and changing the battery. With this > machine that's not a big task. I saw one of these the other day I must say it is actually quite impressive, especially for the price. -- 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