Long Lasting Linux Laptops?

[rpeterson at yellowbank.com (Ron Peterson)]

John Abreau wrote:

> ...What kinds
> of battery life do you find on your laptops? What's the longest actual
> battery life you've seen in a laptop?

I have an ASL 450MHz PIII (www.aslab.com) that actually runs three hours
on its three hour battery!  Probably not if I was listening to CD's or
something though.  I'm mostly just using emacs and gcc compiles
sometimes.  Oh, and sometimes my programs actually work, and then I get
to run them also!!!  I.E. - not really straining my CPU too much.  It's
a PIII Celeron, I believe, which might help account for lower power
requirements.  Less cache (256K), but at full CPU clock speed.  Maybe
all mobile PIII's are Celerons?  I used to know these things, but I've
kinda stopped keeping track.  I've gushed about ASL before, so I'll tone
it down this time...

Ron Peterson
rpeterson at yellowbank.com
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