[TriLUG] battery life, EeePC 1000 vs 900

[Alan Porter]

After reading your review, I am jealous of your all-day battery life
that you get out of your EeePC 1000.

I have an EeePC 900, and I have always felt like its battery was
somewhat weak.  So today, I left it powered on, not really doing
anything, writing the date to a file every minute, screen blanked,
wireless on.  After 193 minutes, it finally pooped out.  Better than I
expected.  I'll have to try again when I am actually USING it.

One other quirk that I noticed was that the BIOS forgot the time and my
BIOS password!  So, quick security hack -- let the battery run dead and
my EeePC is pwned.  :-)

Alan







.