It is, however a lot easier, in a work situation to have something that'll last longer than 3 hours. A lot of places, especially ones crowded with a lot of machines, there's so many cords around you can't find a place to plug both a synth and a laptop in. Especially if you have to move around to hook up to different machines, the cords get in the way, especially that the synth can't even be given a spare battery without taking it apart. At 07:37 AM 9/20/00 -0500, you wrote: >There are a number of things that will cut down on your usable battery >life. The guess that the UART uses more power when active is correct. Also >any sounds you have enabled cut down life. Hard disk usage does. If you >can cause you screen to blank out it will save a lot of power. Also eject >any and all PCMCIA cards you don't actually need at the time. (They >consume power even when not in use.) > >If you really feel a need to run 24 hours on a charge, I have several >suggestions. > >1. Make the processor run as slow as you can. Speed is the enemy. >2. Get as much memory as needed to avoid the hard drive. >3. Prepare to lug around either spare batteries or a huge single one. > >If you are carrying this around, I think you would be better off planning >an 8 hour life span and have two batteries if needed. If your actually >using your computer for more then 8 hours in the day chances are there is >a power source you can tap. Consider that we have electricity in the house >because it is cheaper and more convenient then having the number of >batteries needed to swap them out. It is not because cords are cool. > >-- >Kirk Wood >Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net >------------------ > >Seek simplicity -- and distrust it. > Alfred North Whitehead > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
