[TriLUG] Dear lazyweb^WTriLUG, Laptop suggestions?

[Reginald Reed]

I just picked up a 13 inch rMBP last month.  It's 3.5 lbs and very nicely
portable.  I love the display, the dual Thunderbolt ports and HDMI.  I hate
the price and the lack of built-in GigE port :(


On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 6:12 PM, William Sutton <william at trilug.org> wrote:

> My old Sony Vaio PCG-505GX used to get 3 hours easily on an extended
> battery pack...in 2000...on Red Hat 9.  It's long since deceased :-(
>
> William Sutton
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Jan 2013, Igor Partola wrote:
>
>  So please, someone tell me that somewhere, someone actually does run
>>>
>> Linux on a laptop and that they get 6+ hours of battery life.
>>
>> Alan, I have never seen 6+ hours, but my current laptop (Dell E6400) gets
>> 2+ hours easily, and my netbook does 3 hours, assuming I don't do anything
>> with Flash. Both of these have extended batteries.
>>
>> This is strictly inferior to a MacBook Pro I used to use which did 4 hours
>> pretty reliably. I believe if you go with the MacBook Air, you can get
>> close to 6 or 7, though I've never owned one.
>>
>> Then again, perhaps a Raspberry Pi laptop is what you seek...
>>
>> Igor
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