Thread: What woud you realistically like to see in the N900?
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Originally Posted by Wes Doobner View Post
It is not, and comments like this are what lead to so many "frustration" post by newbies here. These are NOT mini laptops, they just aren't, and were never designed to be. They are certainly capable machines but they have serious limitations when comparing them to laptops.
It's a general purpose computer. It runs arbitrary apps. It has a near laptop-resolution screen. It even (sometimes) runs a full desktop OS (Debian). They arguably aren't intended as laptops, but with a little hacking, they most definitely are laptops. For tech users that can do the hacking, of course, not for everyone who picks one up.

So, better battery technology is the issue? Seriously, I've never been in a meeting room in the last 5 years or so that everyone wasn't plugged in with their laptops. I think this battery thing is a non issue in the context we are discussing. Long battery life is great when you are out and about, not so much an issue when you are in the office environment.
Not better batteries, less power-hungry CPUs for doing tiny little tasks like pushing images out a video port. In powersaver profile, and doing only light web browsing, I can't make 3 hours, and I've got the extended battery. It's quite possible to exhaust it in a 2-hour meeting, while the N800 (and presumably N900) you just can't drain it that hard. So, yes, all the laptops are plugged in, but if your N900 (that you're carrying anyway) will do everything you need to do, that's one more hassle of life you can skip right on past.


Still, I think we're not likely to convince each other, so do feel free to reply to anything in this that's worthy of comment, but I'll likely be letting it go after that.
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