From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 27 13:35:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 528BF1065672 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 13:35:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f213.google.com (mail-bw0-f213.google.com [209.85.218.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BD828FC14 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 13:35:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by bwz9 with SMTP id 9so4697143bwz.43 for ; Wed, 27 May 2009 06:35:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PCnvx3wf72U81e01kcyHAdcstYMxW8plqt2tYUhfHHo=; b=BoIKqzu9H+Zk7MeNvWdYD/+UWe6oCsbqESWfWFCIdaJ2bRVLZvx2GgNKuLzUQFteZC BgKsnZtH7O4BgJE0EZe8ZcXgJoooiuWwcFMlW0JmH0eWUc4kDXp5jmzw1mSj71VIlHLV 5EKdTPMC5RoqrdSuipjRY+JLGkmnO9tFGPAhg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=QHuq6UrWZrZ/pcMXBX0OzSYOox2H6TZdedW50FA917NpgpP18n91Qw06z9AdIhNMXw lM2JmouyMx9rKT5Fut0nGYx/XbVKKR653ZWtJAhFiKWmKoZMiXWu6P3B4zNlc87CZkGS IPu6qUFt0Jp/EtVjPIoNo8jkdCNqvRfVyPxHg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.117.142 with SMTP id r14mr9347633bkq.197.1243431322185; Wed, 27 May 2009 06:35:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> From: Chris Rees Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:35:02 +0100 Message-ID: To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 13:35:25 -0000 2009/5/23 Wojciech Puchar : >> >> I'm about to buy a netbook, which: >> - is compatible with FreeBSD (wifi is especially important) >> - has a good battery life (at least 4 hours) >> - has a normal HDD not an SSD > > point 2 and 3 is somehow incompatible - HDD takes more power. anyway in > order of few watts, compared to CPUs taking 20-50W, excluding those really > "mobile". so >4 hours on battery&HDD seems possible. > http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=SSD+versus+hard+drive+power&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Will you PLEASE start checking what you say before posting! Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?