Certainly they are essential! Second battery? If used in tandem prolongs run-time or at least protects your battery investment since neither batt has to be deep cycled thus causing less wear. 3rd or 4th make no sense as they have no shelf life.
Case? Of course you need a case unless your not moving the laptop. Spare PS? If it's a Dell, you can be damn sure you'll need one since the strain reliefs tend to go killing the PS not to mention the convenience of being able to unplug & go with a spare in the above mentioned case! Mouse is debatable depending on taste & need, but my touchpad & pointer mice drive me nuts. The $$$ amounts on these as quoted is dubious, but likely MSRP (Manf. suggested ridiculous price)! ;-) Thane Sherrington wrote: > In the latest Consumer Reports here in Canada, they have a blurb on "The > hidden costs of a new laptop" - "Don't for get to add in the prices of a > padded carrying case ($50 and up), extra battery ($100-$200), spare > power adapter ($80 and up) and usb mouse ($30.) Your laptop's price tag > often does not include these essential extras." > > Well of course it doesn't. They aren't essential - other than possibly > the case. The extra battery could be useful in some unusual > circumstances, and I guess one could use an spare power adapter if one > lost the original, but a mouse? Come on. Plus a USB mouse can be had > as cheaply as $20. > > I've used a laptop as my primary computer for about three years and all > I have from this list of "essentials" is a carrying case ($30.) I'm not > trusting Consumer Reports anymore when it comes to making purchases. > > T > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
