On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:26:12 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:19:10 +0100, d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>> >Martin wrote:
>[]
>> >> Maybe he was conserving his batteries?
>> >
>> >Bad batteries then, surely.
>>
>> You don't know how long he had used it since a recharge before he got on the
>> train.
>
>Oh yes I do. He had it plugged in to the socket! :)
and into the laptop? :)
>
>On the MacBook, at least, putting it to sleep uses minimal battery
>power- it's more effecient than shutting down and restarting, assuming
>you'll hook up to a mains within a day or two.
I'd guess the bloke was clueless. AFAIR my son's laptop doesn't have to be shut
down.
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Martin
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