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I would love to have an ARM netbook that lasts for a couple of days on a full charge. Actually I'd like one with an e-ink screen. Maybe 13 inches?

bradfa 15y ago
What kind of UI would it have? For interactive use (ie: not just reading), an e-ink UI seems hard. Newer e-ink type screens are better than the older ones about reducing the "flashing" between screen draws (to avoid ghosting) but they still need to do it every once in a while (I believe new Kindle does it every 6 page turns).
- crumblan 15y ago
  It would be purely for reading and typing things. I've got a Kindle, the ghosting is barely visible for me, the flash isn't that much of a bother either.
miratrix 15y ago
CPU is rather a small power of total platform power consumption these days. Switching x86 to ARM won't magically get you from 5 to 50 hours of active usage. If you compare MacBook Air and the new iPad, you'll see that the difference is actually rather small: MacBook Air 11.6 - 35 WHr battery and 5 hours of Wifi Usage at 7 W [1] New iPad - 42.5 WHr battery and 10 hours of Wifi Usage at 4.25 W [2] e-ink screen may make that last far longer... but if you've spent any time trying to use the e-ink Kindle browser, you'll quickly realize that the lack of fast refresh rate is a very difficult problem to solve in terms of usable UI. [1] http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html [2] http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
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- tadfisher 15y ago
  Not to mention that the e-ink display would use an irresponsible amount of power should the user choose to, say, watch a video.
- crumblan 15y ago
  As it is a netbook, I assume that the user puts much less demand on a GPU than he would on an Apple device. I was also thinking of using it on the road -- so no wifi.
lmm 15y ago
Since I got my transformer (nominal 16 hours battery) I've stopped using my x86 netbook. In theory I can run more programs on the x86, but having that much battery makes a huge amount of difference (I took it on a train across russia recently), and I've been able to find android programs to accomplish everything I actually want to do with it.
- crumblan 15y ago
  That sounds pretty grand, congrats to you :)

bradfa 15y ago

What kind of UI would it have? For interactive use (ie: not just reading), an e-ink UI seems hard. Newer e-ink type screens are better than the older ones about reducing the "flashing" between screen draws (to avoid ghosting) but they still need to do it every once in a while (I believe new Kindle does it every 6 page turns).

crumblan 15y ago
It would be purely for reading and typing things. I've got a Kindle, the ghosting is barely visible for me, the flash isn't that much of a bother either.

miratrix 15y ago

CPU is rather a small power of total platform power consumption these days. Switching x86 to ARM won't magically get you from 5 to 50 hours of active usage. If you compare MacBook Air and the new iPad, you'll see that the difference is actually rather small: MacBook Air 11.6 - 35 WHr battery and 5 hours of Wifi Usage at 7 W [1] New iPad - 42.5 WHr battery and 10 hours of Wifi Usage at 4.25 W [2] e-ink screen may make that last far longer... but if you've spent any time trying to use the e-ink Kindle browser, you'll quickly realize that the lack of fast refresh rate is a very difficult problem to solve in terms of usable UI. [1] http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html [2] http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/

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tadfisher 15y ago
Not to mention that the e-ink display would use an irresponsible amount of power should the user choose to, say, watch a video.
crumblan 15y ago
As it is a netbook, I assume that the user puts much less demand on a GPU than he would on an Apple device. I was also thinking of using it on the road -- so no wifi.

lmm 15y ago

Since I got my transformer (nominal 16 hours battery) I've stopped using my x86 netbook. In theory I can run more programs on the x86, but having that much battery makes a huge amount of difference (I took it on a train across russia recently), and I've been able to find android programs to accomplish everything I actually want to do with it.

crumblan 15y ago
That sounds pretty grand, congrats to you :)