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RogerS 2008-02-26 20:02

Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
Quote:

Saying goodbye to the old flame (a gone-to-seed Thinkpad):
I'm sorry, so sorry. I know I have spent many hours with you, spent hundreds of dollars treating you to all the best money could buy. I have made sure you had everything you have needed in the years we have been together. I even loved you enough to load Linux instead of Windows.

I'm sorry, so sorry I do not spend as much time with you as I once did but I must be honest. I have found a new love. My new love is thinner, prettier and more fun....

I'm sorry, so sorry. I'm not trying to rub it in but this Nokia N810 does nearly everything I once needed you to do.

Read the full article.

tso 2008-02-26 20:19

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
heh, thats quite funny :)

oh, and nice to see a lady pick a N8x0 over a iphone or touch :D

anidel 2008-02-27 08:35

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
The Thinkpad is still helping there, my Powerbook 12" is helping someone else :(

http://anidel.blogspot.com/2008/02/farewell-dear.html

I wrote this after having read the "Saying doogbye".
I felt pretty much the same way, ashamed but happy, and felt I should do the same for my beloved Mac :)

Texrat 2008-03-02 18:05

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tso (Post 148154)
oh, and nice to see a lady pick a N8x0 over a iphone or touch :D

Actually it was written by Matthew Stevens, a guy who lives near me. ;)

tso 2008-03-02 19:00

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
someone knock me over the head...

luca 2008-03-02 19:03

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
Funny she (or "he" according to texrat, edit: now I see that it's actually signed by Matthew Stevens) complains about the 2 hours battery time of the thinkpad, since I don't get that much time out of my n800 (maybe the n810 has better power management/a bigger capacity battery).
Oh, and I don't get even an hour out of my thinkpad, so the tablet is definitely better wrt battery life.

geneven 2008-03-02 19:23

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
I get at least 3 hours out of my N800. I almost never plug it in; I always run on batteries, and I use it constantly. I was on a jog for almost 3 hours today, listening to mp3s on my N800, and didn't run out of batteries.

50% more than a Thinkpad is a significant amount. 300% is even more, if you adopt the 1 hr vs 3 hours comparison, depending on how you use the statistics!

luca 2008-03-02 19:35

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by geneven (Post 150161)
I get at least 3 hours out of my N800. I almost never plug it in; I always run on batteries, and I use it constantly. I was on a jog for almost 3 hours today, listening to mp3s on my N800, and didn't run out of batteries.

Hey, probably with such a light use I'd get more than 3 hours, but heavy browsing, claws and the built-in rss reader suck a lot of power.

Quote:

50% more than a Thinkpad is a significant amount. 300% is even more, if you adopt the 1 hr vs 3 hours comparison, depending on how you use the statistics!
Yes, in fact I said that the tablet is a lot better than the thinkpad (since I get less than an hour with the thinkpad), not only wrt battery life as I said before, but also the portability (though I sometimes miss my 1400x1050 screen, but not as much as I'd thought).

tso 2008-03-02 19:43

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
wifi is one nasty battery killer. and if what i read about 3G lately is what one can expect, its not much better. it seems wireless connectivity seems to be the real problem going forward...

GeneralAntilles 2008-03-02 20:17

Re: Tablet love at Darla Mack
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by luca (Post 150155)
Funny she (or "he" according to texrat, edit: now I see that it's actually signed by Matthew Stevens) complains about the 2 hours battery time of the thinkpad, since I don't get that much time out of my n800 (maybe the n810 has better power management/a bigger capacity battery).
Oh, and I don't get even an hour out of my thinkpad, so the tablet is definitely better wrt battery life.

Something's either wrong with your device, or you're measuring incorrectly. Not a single one of my (four) devices gets under 3 hours of in-use battery life, and they usually get over 5 with my typical use pattern.


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