I'm guessing you got a 3-cell battery and JavaJones got a 9-cell battery. I have a 6-cell battery and my netbook lasts about 5-6 hours with "normal" power settings and usage.
-Deozaan
How heavy is it? My battery sticks out the back already... I can't imagine how big the other batteries are. I have a 6-cell. It advertises 6.5 hours, but it surely doesn't seem like it. If I keep it up using it sporadically at work, it doesn't last all day, and it seems that it should.
This is the version that I picked up:
http://www.amazon.co...ZFS0/ref=oss_productWhen you start comparing the iPad with other technologies that are most like it--namely a Smartphone or a Netbook/Notebook--you really start to see how the iPad falls short.
-Deozaan
Why? I saw James Kendrick on jkOnTheRun talking about how he blogs with his iPad out and about... and there were tons of people saying that he should just stick with his laptop/netbook. If he's satisfied with it, then why is it so dangerous to others? If he finds that he doesn't need these other functions to get what he needs done, then where is the need for the other functions? Like I said, I use my iPhone currently for *most* of my reading, so I don't see where the iPad will feel that much different. And it will let me do a lot of other things that the nook doesn't do. And with the digital book wars going on, I like the fact that by getting the iPad I can use (a) my eReader books, (b) my non-drm multiformat books (c) my Kindle books (d) my b&n books. If I purchased a nook or a Kindle, I'd give up one or more of those categories. Recently, I wanted to get the new Dresden Files book in digital format. The only distributor that had the rights to sell it was B&N. One of my colleagues has a Kindle, and he had to get the dead tree edition. I don't want the book seller's war to inconvenience me. In addition, PDFs don't look good on any of them. I tried to turn my netbook into something to do just that- but in the end, I was trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If you need to do a lot of keyboard intensive things, and plan to use it as a mini-laptop, I think a netbook is better. But for what I do, I've come to increasingly see that the iPad is a good fit. And if that's the case, then how does it fall short? They're all tools- use what works for you, not what anyone tells you is right for you, whether it's the company that makes the tools, or the people around you that use them, IMO. And a lesson that I took away from it also- don't depend on the marketing or anti-marketing efforts, try the device and see if it will fit your workflow.
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That's sort of the reason that I forget some names... some MMOs I bought, and played for a month or less. I've played just about every MMO out there (and bought more than that)...
I should have waited to reply since yours summed up everything better anyway in a non-lazy way.