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Lar Kaufman <lark at world.std.com> writes: > John, I believe I'm going to be doing a book on Laptop Linux. The C1X is > a fairly unique system I'd like to discuss for its special features. Maybe > we could meet and have a chat about your experiences etc.? I particularly like it for its size and weight; tiny for a laptop, it's almost small enough to be called a palmtop. Maybe "palm-and-wrist-top" says it best, as I can hold it like that comfortably for quite a while (I'm doing so as I type this, for instance). As I said earlier, the battery life is the only problem I have with it; in every other respect, I really love this machine. From some of the responses I've seen earlier, it seems that this short battery life is not atypical; most folks have reported getting only two to three hours. > BTW, there is a company that makes a slim pad that can be used as a mousepad > or stuck underneath a laptop system that happens to be an auxiliary power > supply for laptops. Apparently it's got an inverter built in, as you simply > plug your laptop into it, and its good for 16 hours of operation for a > typical laptop computer. Takes about 4 hours to recharge. Costs $495 suggested > retail, if I recall correctly. If you are interested, I'll look for the > magazine article and provide details. Interesting. That sounds like a better solution than replacing the C1X. Details would be much appreciated. > What version of Linux are you running on your laptop? I'm running redhat 6.0 at the moment; I'll probably upgrade shortly after the 2.4 kernel comes out. -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email: jabr at blu.org / URL: http://www.blu.org ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Working with NT is like trying to tune a watch wearing oven mitts. You can't get your fingers inside like you can with UNIX. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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