From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost.localdomain(c716099-a.rchdsn1.tx.home.com[24.7.105.70]) (1732 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:02:18 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (cpt.kirk@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA08380 for ; Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:07:19 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: cpt.kirk owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 17:07:19 -0500 (CDT) From: Kirk Wood X-Sender: cpt.kirk@localhost.localdomain To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: battery life In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000920175134.007cd6d0@mail.ufw2.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: On Wed, 20 Sep 2000, Brent Harding wrote: > It is, however a lot easier, in a work situation to have something that'll > last longer than 3 hours. A lot of places, especially ones crowded with a Real life must intercede here. Nobody else's laptop will work more then 3 hours. Most people work in the same spot day in and day out. When they move arround they have places with the needed power to run their laptop. That is real world. Operating for 8 hours on battery just is not. Most laptops in business move from the desk at work to the desk at home. There are a few (and very few at that) who move arround a lot. They work out ways to have a power source. But if you decide to carry a battery to power your devices for 8 straight hours you will distinguish yourself. (Though few people would consider the words complimentary.) -- Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net ------------------ Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. Alfred North Whitehead