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Simon Williams wrote: > Anton Channing wrote: >> It turns on incredibly fast. And it powers down even faster. Great for >> on the move. > > Do you mean suspend-to-RAM (sleep), suspend-to-disk (hibernate), or true > power off? True power off. I haven't tried sleep or hibernate yet. It simply is a speedy bootup and shut down. > My laptop will go to or come back from sleep in 2 seconds. I've seen them do that, but I'm talking a full power down. >> It comes with one battery pack. I haven't yet checked the price and >> availability of spares, but the fact its a detachable battery and not >> inbuilt looks promising. > > Only if you can change the battery whilst it's suspended (to-RAM), which > you can't on most laptops. If it really does hibernate in under 10 > seconds then it might be ok. Since it gives warning when the battery gets low, I'm guess its simply a matter of saving unsaved work, powering down, and changing the battery. With this machine that's not a big task. Anton -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html