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- Subject: Re: Altima 486 vs Twinhead 486
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- Date: 24 Jan 93 07:50:54 GMT
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- In article <9640017@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM> mic@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Marc Clarke) writes:
- >Several issues ago PC Magazine did a comparison of several dozen
- >laptops. The Altima and the Twinhead (both use the same motherboard)
- >were part of the comparision. The Twinhead had very poor (about 1.5
- >hours, if I recall) battery life.
-
- It's on December 22, 1992 issue. The Twinhead had 2 hr 4 min of
- continous battery life. The altima gave 8 minutes more. However,
- since both systems are manufactured by Twinhead, the discrepency is
- probably the result of quality control.
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