I would expect something like 9 hours from that thing (they estimate it under ideal conditions with most things turned off) but yeah, I have found mine great for traveling.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 2:12 AM, Mike Miller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mbmiller%2Bl@gmail.com">mbmiller+l@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Mike Miller wrote:<br>
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> Right now the message I'm getting is that these Asus Eee machines are<br>
> great and a bunch of Linux distros run really well on them.<br>
<br>
<br>
</div>And so I just ordered these items from Amazon.com:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-1005HA-PU1X-BU-10-1-Inch-Blue-Netbook/dp/tech-data/B002DYIXMS/" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-1005HA-PU1X-BU-10-1-Inch-Blue-Netbook/dp/tech-data/B002DYIXMS/</a><br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT25664AC667-200-Pin-SODIMM-Laptop/dp/B000F7QRTG" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT25664AC667-200-Pin-SODIMM-Laptop/dp/B000F7QRTG</a><br>
<br>
There were a lot of options:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://event.asus.com/eeepc/comparison/eeepc_comparison.htm" target="_blank">http://event.asus.com/eeepc/comparison/eeepc_comparison.htm</a><br>
<br>
Even within a category like "Eee PC 1005HA" there were at least the PU1X<br>
model (which I ordered) and the MU17 model, and then a choice of BK<br>
(black) or BU (blue) after that.<br>
<br>
With free S/H and the 2GB RAM it was slightly less than $400.<br>
<br>
I think I'm going to enjoy using this little netbook on planes. It has<br>
10.5 hours of normal-use battery life (they say) and it's small, so it<br>
will fit between me and the guy in front of me -- that was a problem with<br>
the big Dell laptop I last owned. With 160 GB of HDD I can load a lot of<br>
cool software on there, DVD ISOs, MP3 files, etc.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
Mike<br>
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