Used to fly back and forth between London and the US at least twice each =
month =20
for almost a year, and usually can't sleep on airplanes.  So I got a *lot=
* of=20
work done.  But with no power adapter on the seats, I used to carry 3=20
batteries for the laptop, and try everything imaginable to lower the curr=
ent=20
drain.  I would get about 8 hrs total.  Factor in use while in the airpor=
t,=20
etc, and I was still begging for more time.

Not sure if I can carry gel-cells on board an airplane, but if I could've=
 back=20
then, damn I would've been sooo much happier.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Sunday 27 April 2003 17:44, David VanHorn wrote:
> >It's getting better. For instance, the Apple iBook gets maybe 5 hours
> >on a battery charge. A friend of mine uses his throughout the day on
> >a single charge.
>
> Toshiba Libretto L1  7+ hours writing code while listening to MP3s from=
 the
> internal 30G hard drive.

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