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The 9300 weighs nearly 8lbs


Probably more than 8lbs with the bigger battery installed. My current Thinkpad A21p travels well with me, but also weighs in at about 7.5lbs.. Mmm.. I'd have thought the 9300 would be more heavier than that relative to the A21p..

Mmm...

On a somewhat resigned.. err.. related note, I've switched over to using Linux "software suspend" (aka suspend-to-disk) today, to see if it's usable or not. Otherwise, no upgrade. So far it seems much better than expected, and this is just the stock "version 1" in 2.6.12-rc3, not the faster "version 2" available as an add-on patch.

Anyone know how slow the current Dell BIOSs are in P.O.S.T. -- how long do they take from power on until they run the bootloader?

Thanks