[ltp] Questions about the T40

[Arne Schwabe]

Theodore Ts'o wrote:

>>I am playing with the thought of buying me a T40 and would like to know 
>>a few things about it:
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>>What how does it work with battery (9cell) and is there a difference 
>>between linux and windows?
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>I get about 5-6 hours (depending on what I'm doing) with the 9 cell.
>I expect it's slightly better under Windows because the ACPI support
>would mean you can do better power management.  (I don't use ACPI
>under Linux because suspend doesn't work well enough; however APM
>support works just fine.)  I haven't really measured how much better
>the Windows power management, is though --- the battery life under
>Linux is quite adequate for my needs.
>

That is very nice to hear that the 5-6 hours is not only advertisment. 
:) I don't trust advertisments for thing like this.

>>I am a little bit confused about the R40 and T40. They seem to be almost 
>>identical, what is the main difference between them?
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>Look at the size and weight.  The T40 is much slimmer and lighter.
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I should really look more closly to those "non technical" values.


Thanks for the fast reply :)