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On 25 Feb 2008, at 01:16, Simon Williams wrote: > Neil Williams wrote: >> On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 13:34 +0000, Tom Potts wrote: >>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/19/elonex_guns_for_eee/ >>> I whope its amd.... >> >> A mystery right now but some have hinted it is only a lowly 300MHz >> x86 >> in a re-badged tablet (swapping the touchscreen for a keyboard) >> format. >> i.e. old hardware in a new case with a lovely new badge. ;-) >> >> So far, the Eeee is looking a better choice - it might be that >> this one >> will be easier to obtain but if it's not up to the job...... > > Whichever one has the best battery life gets my money... > > I swear all mobile device manufacturers must be brain-dead or > something. > > Someone could blow the EeePC away if they released something which > lasted all day on batteries. My old Psion NetBook has an all day battery and its ancient (10 years?), so why can't they do this today? Batteries are better, but I suppose it's the power demands. Even Linux is more power hungry than formerly. Clare -- 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