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Re: [LUG] Asus eee pc 701 - Review

 

Anton Channing wrote:
> 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.

I saw one of these the other day I must say it is actually quite 
impressive, especially for the price.

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