Considering many of the corps. I've deal with sent their people out with batteries that hold no charge there are extremes at both ends where you could still call it "functional".
By my own admission functionality was lost as I would gamble (and had it bite me a few times) rather than hassle with getting at my PSU. Yet not so much by not having a mouse with me. Batteries I stand fast on advising running in pairs as in "your nuts if you don't, but you can run with one". I agree the problem is the word being used and splitting hairs over it rather than seeing it for what it should be which is "strongly recommended" as has been suggested. Greg Sevart wrote: > Can you not recognize that you are the exception, not the norm? MOST users > do not need a spare battery or PSU. Even our salespeople, who do travel > frequently, do not have these extras...and they do just fine. Believe me, if > they requested them, they would get them. > > You really make my point, though. Essential in this context implies required > to perform a job. By your own admission, functionality is not lost; they > merely make things easier and save some time---a definitive "nice-to-have." > > Greg > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw >> Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 2:50 PM >> To: The Hardware List >> Subject: Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack >> >> Ok, I'll revisit this one last time. From experience, >> these options are >> necessities. Not in the sense that the laptop stops >> functioning but in >> the sense that it becomes hard to use the laptop in >> both home & mobile >> uses with major hassles & money loss. >> > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
