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NEC Unveils Methanol-Fueled Laptop

Posted by timothy on from the note-methanol-not-methadone dept.

genericplacebo writes "Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. Monday revealed a prototype of a laptop computer that runs on a methanol fuel cell instead of a rechargeable battery, and said it will start selling it next year. NEC initially plans to introduce a computer with a fuel-cell system able to run for five consecutive hours on a single cartridge of methanol fuel, but also plans to make a PC within two years that can run continuously for as long as 40 hours."

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  1. Re:Change the OS, not the battery... by MattCohn.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I think you have your 'insight' confused with your 'idiocy'. If you have Windows 2000 crashing daily then you, sir, are:

    1. An Idiot who can't configure his system
    2. Using obsolete hardware
    3. All of the above


    Windows 2000 and XP run continuously for VERY long without needing to be restarted. Here's my home server's uptime...
    System Up Time: 111 Days, 23 Hours, 51 Minutes, 24 Seconds
    Wow, looky there. Now lets not make this into one of those "My uptime/penis is bigger then your uptime/penis" wars, but just come away knowing that you, and the original comment are nothing but illinformed trolls.
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