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Power-wise, the PolyNote manages to make it through an hour and three quarters on its battery nikon alone when running the benchmark suite in a constant loop. This compares nikon with one hour on the LJ test laptop. To their credit, the PolyNote did handle suspend and restarting flawlessly--something that's frequently problematic on Linux laptops. It's not the quietest laptop you'll ever encounter, with dB measurements of around 40 from the front and sides, and a noisy 45 near the rear fan port. The PolyNote weights in at about 5.5 pounds, but still manages to sport a 15.1" screen. The contrast and side visibility was generally good. The NVIDIA graphics processor ran Tux Racer speedily enough, with no tweaking of the X configuration required. The ALSA sound support also worked right from the start. Figure 4. The Monarch Empro cruised through the multiprocessor tests, while the PolyNote did surprising well on the database test.
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