[NTLUG:Discuss] SW Development on a netbook was Re: Very nice Linux laptop for sale (2.8GHz, 4gb ram, 8cell, 320gb 7200rpm)

[Chris Cox]

On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 12:15 -0500, Robert Pearson wrote:
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> I am seeing "netbook" battery life of 7-8 hours. I still haven't
> figured out if a netbook would cover all my needs. For example, can I
> do software development be done satisfactorily (performance wise) on a
> netbook?

Netbooks (today) are 32bit.
Usually have little ram (max at 2GB)... if that's "little"
and.. .have smaller and possibly slower HDs (though some might be SSD,
which means they'll be really fast at first and then drive you nuts
later down the road).
Screen resolutions are low... might be a problem for IDE dependent
developers.

I'd put a current netbook on par with a Pentium-M (pre Intel core arch).
So... yes, you can do sw dev on it.  Really depends on your dev needs.

I'm surprised you're getting 7-8 hrs on a netbook.  I'd say >90% get
less than 2hrs.  Just my own observation (unless you get a LARGE
battery... which sort of defeats many of the benefits).