Portege A600

Just visited here and the more impt specs are:

1. 1.2GHz C2D ULV
2. 2GB RAM
3. 160GB HDD (yeah! not the pricey potentially problematic SSDs)
4. built-in DVD with R/RW
5. 12.1" 1280x800
6. GbE
7. 802.11 b/g/n
8. camera [this is a MINUS :(]
9. built-in microphone [a minus for privacy?]
   
10. 1.38kg [another minus]
11. batt life "up to 9 hrs".. so... if that's marketing, should be able to do at least 4...
12. all this for only a measly [USD?]$1499 ~= SGD$2200
13. oh yeah, comes with vista business [another minus], but i'll install linux anyway...
    

maybe I don't have to enroll for M.Sc. after all haha... if i'm willing to take that weight...

i'm quite surprised at the battery life actually... it's 5800mAh... that means the current draw is... 0.6A.. if we assume the battery voltage is ~11V, that gives about 7W power draw...

The max TDP for the SU9300 (processor) is 10W.. so... hmmm.... maybe taking the realistic life to be half the figure may not be too wrong after all... well, i might just be too out of touch with this aspect of technology...