Comments on: Dead batteries http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/dead-batteries/ Simon Murphy on professional spreadsheet development stuff Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob Phillips http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/dead-batteries/#comment-13097 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:53 +0000 http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/?p=1305#comment-13097 I found this out about a year ago whenI bought my wife a laptop. The first one just kept dying after no significant time, and when I finally got through to Sony support, they told me to boot up without the battery. That was news to me that you could.

As it happened, it made no difference, so it was not the battery. Needed a new laptop in the end, and I just happened to forget to send back the old battery, so we now have a spare .

]]> By: Gavin Bowman http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/dead-batteries/#comment-13096 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:19:21 +0000 http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/?p=1305#comment-13096 I usually run laptops without the battery if it comes out easily. Usually end up with very good battery life when I need it, even when the laptop is a few years old.

Probably doesn’t offer blackout protection, but I’ve never had any problems so far.

]]> By: Hazel Edmunds http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/dead-batteries/#comment-13095 Sun, 11 Jan 2009 22:14:03 +0000 http://smurfonspreadsheets.wordpress.com/?p=1305#comment-13095 Battery? What battery? The damn thing ONLY works without one and has done for a long time!

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