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    Asus UL Series Laptops: Thin and Light, Focus on Battery Life

    Microsoft and Intel Promise Longer Laptop Battery Life in Windows 7

    Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12

    Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness

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    Image of Dafrety Dafrety
    09/09/09

    In reply to Asus UL Series Laptops: Thin and Light, Focus on Battery Life
    I love how the switching graphics is starting to show up in laptops now.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    09/09/09

    @Dafrety: Only one model each of the 14 and 15 inch variants actually have it, a Nvidia 210M.
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    Image of DirtyDogg DirtyDogg
    09/02/09

    In reply to Microsoft and Intel Promise Longer Laptop Battery Life in Windows 7
    Or it could just be reported in base 10 to appear like longer battery life. . .
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    Image of SJRNWT SJRNWT
    09/02/09

    In reply to Microsoft and Intel Promise Longer Laptop Battery Life in Windows 7
    I think what people should be more focused on isn't how long the battery lasts in one use, but how many years the battery will last while still getting a full charge.

    My Dell laptop battery used to get me about 4.5 hours (undervolted) of battery life when I used to use it in class, but now it lasts maybe 2 hours at most. I've actually had the battery die on me by leaving it in sleep mode for a day.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    08/18/09

    In reply to Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12
    Wow...
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    08/18/09

    In reply to Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12
    F this! When are they going to release a quad-core netbook?
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    Image of UnderLoK UnderLoK
    08/18/09

    In reply to Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12
    I wonder if it OC's as well as the 300a did.
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    08/18/09

    In reply to Dell Inspiron 11z Hits for $399, Explains Disappearance of Inspiron Mini 12
    And I for one welcome our new, ultra thin, overlords.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/18/09

    @TheCrudMan: I don't understand. There's no Jobs clones to speak of in this article.
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    Image of Brandon Liu Brandon Liu
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
    First week back Job said : We(Apple) have a $299 super awesome Plastic AppleNeverCrack (ANC) thinner stronger & lighter then Mac Air with 5 year warranty and made in Indiana to put these 2rd rate made in China MSI, Acer out of business for good in the works ! with that we will regain our 10% market share and takeover the world ( with the help of the new age PRK leader Kim Jong-un.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/02/09

    @Brandon Liu: wat
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
    If you really want a thin laptop that will last, you're just going to have to just suck it up, bite the bullet and get something with proper high-grade material, like the Lenovo Thinkpads, that pack a lot of ruggedness into its thinnest examples.
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    Image of aec007 aec007
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
    A stamped aluminum bottom cannot be expensive. The die might be, but once it's made, they can make bottoms like sausages, coming out of the punch press at a rate of 1 ~ 2 per second.
    On a very high volume quantity as these netbooks are made, that would be about 10 cents a piece.


    Clearly, Doug Freeman from CNET has no manufacturing experience.


    There is no excuse for making flimzy bottoms... just know how.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/02/09

    @aec007:


    stamped aluminum < machined aluminum, but that goes for price too, so maybe yer on to somethin here...

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/02/09

    @aec007:


    oh but methinks 10 cents is a little optimistic - raw aluminum is hovering around 73 cents a pound, but for something structural like this i'd want like some 6063 or another alloy with reasonable toughness, which would put it at around 25-40 cents just for each sheet.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
    Whew.


    Good thing I wasn't coming here looking for any kind of serious materials discussion.


    Please by all means, continue the pointless platform bashing.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/02/09

    @strider_mt2k:


    Look Strider, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.


    I know the commenters made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that the boards will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the commentariat. And I want to help you.

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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/02/09

    @nutbastard: Well...okay.


    -but only because of your enthusiasm.

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    Image of Shezbo Shezbo
    07/02/09

    In reply to Cheap, Thin Laptops Suffering From Cheapness, Thinness
    You pay $299 or $399 for a netbook... the expectation is you're getting something cheap.


    Having a netbook for a year now, i'm just waiting for the day when either the screen goes or something else "comes apart."


    In reality, it less than a dollar a day. To bad my Starbucks' wasn't just that.

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    07/02/09

    @Shezbo:


    well a netbook, being 10" or less diagonally, would have considerably less flex than a "thin, cheap laptop" which might be 15", maybe even up to 17" diagonal.

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