Linux Rescues Battery Life On Vista Notebooks From Dell 200
nerdyH writes "Dell is preparing to ship two enterprise-oriented Windows Vista notebooks with an interesting feature — a built-in TI OMAP (smartphone) processor that can power instantly into Linux. The 'Latitude ON' feature is said to offer 'multi-day' battery life, while letting users access email, the web, contacts, calendar, and so on, using the notebook's full-size screen and keyboard. I wonder if someday we'll just be able to plug our phones into our laptops, switching to the phone's processor when we need to save battery life? Or, maybe x86 will just get a lot more power-efficient. Speaking at MontaVista's Vision event today, OLPC spokesperson and longtime kernel hacker Deepak Saxena said the project is aiming for 10-20 hours of battery life during active use, on existing hardware (AMD Geode LX800 clocked at 500MHz, with 1GB of Flash and 256MB of RAM)."
Re:eh (Score:5, Funny)
You guys need to slow down a bit. I don't know what kind of job requires you to access your email within 5 seconds, but I get a stomach ache just thinking about it.
Seriously, nobody wants to wait two minutes or even one minute. But I have to chuckle when I think of any apple laptop user that "needs" his laptop to boot in 5 seconds. By the time he stirs his soy latte, brings out his iPhone ostentatiously, and makes sure someone's noticed the logo on the lid, that's 15 seconds right there.
Re:eh (Score:5, Funny)
Which OS does your Aunt Millie use when she wants to play Crysis Warhead?
Re:eh (Score:4, Funny)
"Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce!"
Re:eh (Score:5, Funny)
"Uno, Dos, Tres, Catorce!"
I don't get it.....1, 2, 3, 14 ??
So, you're saying people in Starbucks don't know how to count in any language?
I suppose that explains how they get away with selling coffee at those prices.....
Re:eh (Score:1, Funny)