From: Benjamin Koh (benkoh_at_leland.Stanford.EDU)
Date: Thu Apr 22 1999 - 19:34:00 EDT
Tom Rockwell wrote:
>
> I think that if you ran a 560x through the battery benchmark that it's
> performance would be similiar. The benchmark is standardized and (I
> believe) fairly rigorous - most users probably exceed the benchmark
> times in normal usage - YMMV as they say.
My 560X gets exactly 1:45 each time I run it down to the ground ie
hibernation is enforced. This is on full CPU speed, no power
conservation, either running Scandisk or WinAMP. At 1/2 CPU speed I get
around 3 hours, but never timed that precisely.
>
> > My next ThinkPad -- a supplement to, not a replacement for, the 560x
> > -- will probably also be a ThinkPad 600, either a refurb or
> > end-of-product-life model.
> > For some applications, such as navigation programs for boating, an
> > internal CD-ROM drive is very convenient.
>
> Nah, get a bigger HD and put the CD on it. Although if a two spindle
> machine could be built to the size of the 560...
>
Actually, it has already been done, but not by IBM. Go to www.jpd.com
and take a look at the Panasonic CF-44E. 3.5 lbs *with* CD-ROM
installed. The screen is 11.3" XGA. The notebooks itself is 10.6 x 8.5 x
1.1 inches (270 x 215 x 27.9mm).
Benjamin
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