Someone commented on her statement, saying that they're "missing the boat", as they should go with bigger batteries to stretch the power beyond eight hours (or "all day use").
The only boat being missed is the shipment boat that should have delivered these things a year or so ago. The XO came out in 2006. Why PixelQi have you taken so long to get these screens out? Is it laptop companies' fault for not buying into the tech?
Anyway, they're not dictating the kind of battery that goes into the laptop — they're just making the screens. Her preference (and mine) is to not put in the larger and heavier battery (which drops to two hours battery life anyway and becomes a paperweight) but to focus on reducing the power-draining components, i.e. screen and processors. I agree that's a smarter move, but in the end the laptop companies will bow to the public's desire to leave computers on all day for no real reason. Give me a super low power comp I can solar or crank charge, and then I don't need to worry about a plug nearby regardless of how long my battery lasts. A 20-hr 6-cell once dead won't help you when you're driving around away from the socket, while something that draws far less could easily be recharged on the dashboard. This may not seem like a big deal in the city where you have plugs and car chargers everywhere, but what happens when you go somewhere without the infrastructure? Travelling in the countryside? The outback? An "underdeveloped country"? Ahh…I could go on. Bravo PixelQi, but I still think you're taking too long.
