Practically all laptops allow you to buy another battery, so even though you have to power down the laptop to switch, you don't do too badly. With that, I can last the 5:30hr journey by train from London to Edinburgh. (Word processing only. If you want to run FGFS, or compile it, then you are looking at *much* shorter timescales). Spreadsheet could be more intensive depending on application.
Giles Robertson. > -----Original Message----- > From: Curtis L. Olson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 10 May 2004 21:03 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] laptops > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > >I've been asked to recommend a laptop with long battery life for use on > long > >trans continental airline flights. The user is word > processing/spreadsheet > >oriented. > > > >This isn't my cup of tea, as I'm more of a book reader in flight (who > doesn't > >like carrying crap--even 6 lb computers--around airports). I am aware of > the > >technical issues and websites with specs online. Just hoping for some > first > >person accounts of actual performance. > > > > > > Some laptops I've seen (Dell) allow you to substitute an extra battery > pack instead of the cd rom drive giving you 2x the normal battery > life. That makes a big difference in how long your laptop is useful > ... I've also seen people buy extra batteries and charge them up in > advance ... more weight to carry but a reasonable option. > > Curt. > > -- > Curtis Olson http://www.flightgear.org/~curt > HumanFIRST Program http://www.humanfirst.umn.edu/ > FlightGear Project http://www.flightgear.org > Unique text: 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
