Cynthia, here’s some thoughts on maximizing battery life: http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/03/umpc_power_mana.html

I just purchased a new Q1 and I love it. Except for the short battery life. Is there any way to extend the battery power without carrying around the power brick?

Hey Kevin, the Q1P screen must be hyper bright because I rarely have mine on the Q1 over 60% (my eyes can’t stand it!). Great test, by the way ;)

Two stereo speakers with the same SRS TruSurround XT support as the Q1. :)

Kevin, does the Q1P have two stereo speakers, or are we talking about a mono situation?

Thanks Kevin and HG for the info. I was refering to Dynamism prices. I guess it can be had for less elsewhere!

Perhaps he meant $Canadian?

I second Kevin, I got my Q1P for 1,129.00 and if you want you can wait and get it with Vista installed. Kevin has mentioned and put links where you can order it with Vista and I know CDW is one of the places to get. you would have towait till the end of the month to get it with Vista.

Elo, the Q1P without the flash storage can be had for between $1200 and $1299. That’s the model I used in the comparison.

Very interesting comparison! Now, if only the Q1P was not over 2000$

Very interesting comparison of “theoretical” conditions!

Now that you’ve got us so intrigued by the results, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if you considered the opposite sort of test — comparing “practical” configurations. I.e. setting the power management, screen brightness, BIOS settings and so forth to the sorts of levels you would use if the device was in use. It would be somewhat subjective based on your preferences, but it would also be a more real-life indication of relative battery endurance.

My naive guess is that the Q1P might look even better under those circumstances, since the screen brightness could probably be set lower to get the same screen readability.