Friday, April 10, 2009

Netbooks- Battery Life

Given the recent discusson this might help with some decisions.=A0 In my pe=
rsonal experience these seem a little high (by 20-40 minutes) but it is wor=
th looking at.=0A=0Ahttp://netbookreview.darrenyates.com.au/?p=3D329=0A=0AM=
odel Battery Capacity Battery Life (hours:mins) =0AMSI Wind U115 Hybrid 11.=
1V/5100mAh 6:56 =0AAsus Eee PC 1000HD 7.4V/6600mAh 4:12 =0AAsus Eee PC 901 =
7.4V/6600mAh 3:59 =0AMSI Wind U100 11.1V/4400mAh 3:40 =0AAsus Eee PC 1000H =
7.4V/6600mAh 3:33 =0AAsus N10J 11.1V/4800mAh 3:05 =0ADell Inspiron Mini 9 1=
1.1V/2142mAh 3:05 =0AAsus Eee PC S101 7.4V/4900mAh 2:41 =0AAcer Aspire One =
AOA110 11.1V/2200mAh 2:19 =0AToshiba NB100 N/A 2:14 =0AHP Mini 1001TU 11.1V=
/2342mAh 2:05 =0ALenovo IdeaPad S10 11.1V/2522mAh 1:55 =0ADell Inspiron Min=
i 12 14.4V/2200mAh 1:47 =0A=A0____________________________=0AJason at jason=
pj@yahoo.com =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Lovema=
n Sherrie <sloveman@us.edu>=0ATo: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0ASent: Friday, A=
pril 10, 2009 9:17:46 AM=0ASubject: Re: Netbooks=0A=0AOur Dell rep is entir=
ely reliable.=A0 I'm waiting for the Latitude=0A2100/2200 netbooks that are=
coming out in May.=A0 I had the opportunity to=0Awork with this netbook an=
d was impressed by the customizable features.=0ABattery life with a 6-cell =
battery is up to six hours.=A0 Dell designed a=0Asmall laptop cart to house=
up to 24 of these netbooks.=A0 The power port=0Aplugs right into a slot in=
the cart.=A0 There is no spaghetti and the only=0Acord is from the cart to=
the power source.=A0 The concept was clean and=0Athe netbooks had the stur=
dy feel of the latitude line.=A0 =0A=0A-Sherrie=0A=0ASherrie Loveman=0AUniv=
ersity School=0ADirector of Information Technology=0A2785 SOM Center Road=
=0AHunting Valley, OH 44022=0A20701 Brantley Road=0AShaker Heights, OH 4412=
2=0Asloveman@us.edu =0Awww.us.edu =0A=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: =
A forum for independent school educators=0A[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU]=
On Behalf Of Brian Lee=0ASent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:02 AM=0ATo: ISED-L=
@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU=0ASubject: Re: Netbooks=0A=0AI'm working with CDWG on thi=
s one.=A0 They have excellent customer=0Aservice,=0Aand they are allowing m=
e to look at laptops from HP, Acer, Lenovo, and=0AAsus.=0AOnce I am done wi=
th them, I have to RMA the Netbooks back to them.=0A=0AI'm not too sure abo=
ut Dell because Dell sales rep are not easy to reach=0Aconsistently.=0A=0AB=
rian=0A=0A=0AOn 4/10/09 8:55 AM, "Elizabeth Davis" <lizbdavis@gmail.com> wr=
ote:=0A=0A> I am also starting to explore the possibility of netbooks for m=
y=0Aschool. How=0A> have you gotten machines to test? Have the companies of=
fered free=0Atrials or=0A> discounts to check them out? How do you go about=
getting these? I am=0Anew in=0A> this position and not sure of the procedu=
re for getting my hands on=0Asome=0A> different models without having to sp=
end lots of money.=0A> Thanks,=0A> Liz Davis=0A> Director of Academic Techn=
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