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Originally Posted by neatojones View Post
Anyway, the next gen tablet will be able to run much longer on a charge than today's mini-laptops thanks to the new processory functions. I'm not sure how far from Nvidia's Tegra line the OMAP's are, but the Nvidia chip for this sort of device which is supposed to be making it's way to next gen devices is supposed to be able to last over a day of use, not idle, but actual browsing, typing, presenting, etc.
we are in a way past the point where the cpu is the biggest energy hog. these days it will be the screen w-lan/wan radio and maybe the storage or chipset (first gen atom chipset used more then the cpu it supported iirc)...