Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 14:35:02 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@googlemail.com> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: netbooks vs FreeBSD Message-ID: <b79ecaef0905270635p558ce6eu297a2fcd99ba20b2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905231808430.25076@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4A17FFAF.4010400@FreeBSD.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0905231808430.25076@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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2009/5/23 Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>: >> >> 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?
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