Anyone have any experience with KDS Laptops? Anyone know how to cheaply increase run time on batteries?

[Wedesdo]

Anyone have any experience with KDS Laptops? Anyone know how to cheaply increase run time on batteries?

I'm thinking about buying the KDS lappy here: http://www.computers4sure.com/product.asp?ProductID=112136&CatID=28

800 Mhz PIII, 20 GB HDD, 14.1 in XGA TFT, 8x DVD, 128 MB RAM, etc. etc. all for just $1150...

This price seems really fishy, since it's lower than every other laptop by $200.

Is this really a mobile processor, or did KDS just take a really hot and power hungry desktop processor and stuck it in a notebook?

I am using their monitor right now (19', uses a trinitron tube, flat, love it ) but am kind of wavering on a $1150 purchase...

Another thing - if this is a desktop processor, i don't think the laptop will have the claimed 2.5 hour battery life. Extra Li batteries are WAY too expensive, so I am wondering if there's a cheap way to make your own battery outside (like getting say a car battery and modifying it) to extend the battery life substantially...

any1?

thanks

 

[holden j caufield]

yeah I know winbook sometimes uses desktop cpu's in notebooks but I'm unsure in this case.

 

[gittyup]

You might find some answers here.

 

[RU482]

car battery, what a hoot.

my ratio my be a bit off, but I thnk this is how it goes

NiMH batteries provide the same capacity as lead-acid at 1/3 the size
LiIon batteries provide the same capacity at NiMH at 1/4 the size

moral of the story, why spend $75 on a cart to tote around your car battery when you could just go out and buy the LiION

 

[Ameesh]

sorry never even seen one.

 

[DarkManX]

if it dosent have Speedstep or whatever intel calls there powersaveing feature then it must be the desktop version.