Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 03/10/04 12:56, Tim Hodgson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Oct 3, 2004 at 11:44 am -0500, Luis Autrique wrote: > >> Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 >> % of its charge. > > Yes, I remember reading that recently, and I was sure it was in an Apple >

Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Andrew
f Tim Hodgson Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 9:56 AM To: G-Books Subject: Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons On Sun, Oct 3, 2004 at 11:44 am -0500, Luis Autrique wrote: >Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 >% of its charge. Yes, I remember reading that rece

Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Tim Hodgson
On Sun, Oct 3, 2004 at 11:44 am -0500, Luis Autrique wrote: >Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 >% of its charge. Yes, I remember reading that recently, and I was sure it was in an Apple TIL. Couldn't find it when I searched the site though (a common occurren

Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Luis Autrique
Read somewhere that the best way to store a battery is to have it at 50 % of its charge. Luis On Oct 3, 2004, at 11:04 AM, Tim Hodgson wrote: On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will h

Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Tim Hodgson
>On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: > >> >> If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse >> for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? >> Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or >> both of the batteries be dead? This might be useful:

Re: Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-03 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at 06:22 AM, MarJo wrote: If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or both of the batteries be dead? Shut it down, remove the battery, put the battery i

Storing laptops -- pros & cons

2004-10-02 Thread MarJo
If any kind of laptop has to be stored in a warehouse for a period of, say, 4 months -- what will happen? Will it be bootable when it is retrieved? Will one or both of the batteries be dead? Thanks for any thoughts or advice. -- MarJo -- G-Books is sponsored by and..