On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:45, Jim Herrmann <kclug@itdepends.com> wrote:
Shit.  None of this is easy.  The ASUS looks like almost the same machine for $250 less.Although the System76 has the matte finish and Li-Polymer battery.

All laptop batteries are the same, chemically. We're still a ways off from new kinds of LiIon technologies. There's really only a handful of lithium cell makers in the world of consumer electronics. The only deviations are in their shapes.