On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:32:48 +0000 john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am most grateful to the seventeen persons who > responded to my request; it would take up a lot of list > space to reply to each. > > In a few weeks, I'll be 76 and do not need to > use a battery as I've no intention or need to take the > machine outdoors. I could easily buy a new battery, but > from a logical point of view, is it sensible to spend > 40% of the secondhand cost when I can use the Adapter > (one thing I have in my flat is a surfeit of plugs). > > What the replies prompt me to ask is:- > > a. Is it harmful to use the Laptop with Adapter > without any battery on board? > AFAIK thinkpads will not run without butteries. Don't know if its a design feature of flaw though. Not sure what would happen with a dead battery. > b. The way things are set up, the battery always > seemed to 'leak' a little and each time I booted up the > indicator would say eg '97% charged' and then go to 'fully > charged' very quickly. So topping up was constantly taking > place and this would seem to have been a bad thing. Could > this have created the memory block referred to in the replies? > > I've accepted the fact that the battery almost > certainly is u/s. I could later acquire a more uptodate > Laptop, but I belong to the generation that still believes > if you have something that works and fulfills your needs > why replace it. In the short time I've had it, I've grown > fond of this T20 and it's interchangeable drives and USB > peripherals. And it is a lot smaller than I see most now > on sale. > > Also (the same generation thing) I would like to > try replacing the cells just to see if I can do that, but > only if using the Laptop without any battery is feasible. > > Again, I am most grateful for the replies. > > Many thanks, John. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System > at the Tel-Aviv University CC. > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
