Monday, April 13, 2009

Re: Netbooks- Battery Life

The 6 cells seem to last about 5 hours. The 3 cell lasts about 3 hours. =
Just make sure you buy the 6 cell as many netbooks come standard with a =
3 cell.

Renee Ramig
Seven Hills School

-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators on behalf of Karen Douse
Sent: Mon 4/13/2009 2:22 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: Netbooks- Battery Life
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I have a Lenovo S10e that I've been testing for next year. I've used it =
all afternoon (almost 3 hours now) and it says 36% left - 1.42 hours. =
I've been doing email, word processing, internet searching - the normal =
stuff. I'm hoping for 4-5 hours next
year. Karen

Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
615-346-0116
Harpeth Hall School
www.harpethhall.org
Teaching girls to think critically, lead confidently, and live honorably

A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> on =
Friday, April 10, 2009 at 8:31 AM -0500 wrote:
>Given the recent discusson this might help with some decisions. In my =
personal experience these seem a little high (by 20-40 minutes) but it =
is worth looking at.
>
>http://netbookreview.darrenyates.com.au/?p=3D329
>
>Model Battery Capacity Battery Life (hours:mins)=20
>MSI Wind U115 Hybrid 11.1V/5100mAh 6:56=20
>Asus Eee PC 1000HD 7.4V/6600mAh 4:12=20
>Asus Eee PC 901 7.4V/6600mAh 3:59=20
>MSI Wind U100 11.1V/4400mAh 3:40=20
>Asus Eee PC 1000H 7.4V/6600mAh 3:33=20
>Asus N10J 11.1V/4800mAh 3:05=20
>Dell Inspiron Mini 9 11.1V/2142mAh 3:05=20
>Asus Eee PC S101 7.4V/4900mAh 2:41=20
>Acer Aspire One AOA110 11.1V/2200mAh 2:19=20
>Toshiba NB100 N/A 2:14=20
>HP Mini 1001TU 11.1V/2342mAh 2:05=20
>Lenovo IdeaPad S10 11.1V/2522mAh 1:55=20
>Dell Inspiron Mini 12 14.4V/2200mAh 1:47=20
> ____________________________
>Jason at jasonpj@yahoo.com=20
>
>
>
>
>________________________________
>From: Loveman Sherrie <sloveman@us.edu>
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:17:46 AM
>Subject: Re: Netbooks
>
>Our Dell rep is entirely reliable. I'm waiting for the Latitude
>2100/2200 netbooks that are coming out in May. I had the opportunity =
to
>work with this netbook and was impressed by the customizable features.
>Battery life with a 6-cell battery is up to six hours. Dell designed a
>small laptop cart to house up to 24 of these netbooks. The power port
>plugs right into a slot in the cart. There is no spaghetti and the =
only
>cord is from the cart to the power source. The concept was clean and
>the netbooks had the sturdy feel of the latitude line. =20
>
>-Sherrie
>
>Sherrie Loveman
>University School
>Director of Information Technology
>2785 SOM Center Road
>Hunting Valley, OH 44022
>20701 Brantley Road
>Shaker Heights, OH 44122
>sloveman@us.edu=20
>www.us.edu=20
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: A forum for independent school educators
>[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Lee
>Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:02 AM
>To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>Subject: Re: Netbooks
>
>I'm working with CDWG on this one. They have excellent customer
>service,
>and they are allowing me to look at laptops from HP, Acer, Lenovo, and
>Asus.
>Once I am done with them, I have to RMA the Netbooks back to them.
>
>I'm not too sure about Dell because Dell sales rep are not easy to =
reach
>consistently.
>
>Brian
>
>
>On 4/10/09 8:55 AM, "Elizabeth Davis" <lizbdavis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am also starting to explore the possibility of netbooks for my
>school. How
>> have you gotten machines to test? Have the companies offered free
>trials or
>> discounts to check them out? How do you go about getting these? I am
>new in
>> this position and not sure of the procedure for getting my hands on
>some
>> different models without having to spend lots of money.
>> Thanks,
>> Liz Davis
>> Director of Academic Technology
>> Belmont Hill School
>> Belmont, MA
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