in 723903 20140617 121638 alister <alister.nospam.w...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >On Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:34:13 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> >> Partly that. But also, people want to know how long that will *really* >> last. For instance, 10 hours of battery life... doing what? Can I really >> hop on a plane for ten hours and write code the whole way without >> external power? Or will each minute spent recompiling Python (with the >> CPU pegged) cost 2-3 minutes out of those ten hours? What if I watch >> videos (on headphones, probably, given how noisy airliners are!)? >> That'll surely take more power than the manufacturers estimate. >> And what happens six months from now? Will battery life decay to the >> point where it's no longer interesting? (Obviously it'll decay some. But >> how much?) >> > >I bought a 12 cell battery for my Acer Once netbook & did exactly that >(LHR to LAX), listening to music playing supertuxcart & reading ebooks >for most of the flight. > >It was a life saver as the on-board entertainment from American Airlines >was terrible, next time i will happily pay the extra 100 for a Virgin >flight LWG to LAS instead.
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