FreeLists / az-observing / [AZ-Observing] Re: Laptop Operating Temperature

[Jeff Hopkins <phxjeff@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Stan,

If you protect it from the wind and turn it on when it is still 
reasonably warm, you should have no problem in AZ. Laptops tend to 
run very hot and will provide their own heat. I would advise storing 
a laptop  outside and then using it. I did some work with my two 
dells a few weeks ago when the ambient temperature was in the teens. 
I turned them on early when it was warmer and they worked fine. If 
you have a problem you can always put the laptop in a cardboard box 
to shield it for the wind and even put a heating pad under it, but 
that is usually reserved for areas with subzero temperatures.

Jeff

At 21:43 -0700 02/15/2007, Stan Gorodenski wrote:
>I have finally broken down and ordered a laptop from Gateway today.
>Astronomy is one of the uses I would put it to. In the process of
>verifying that the order included all the features and components in the
>quote, I just discovered the operating temperature only goes down to 41
>degrees F and only as high as 95 degrees F. Yet I know amateurs use
>laptops at night when it gets much colder than 41 degrees. Is this a
>normal operating range for laptops? How real is the 41 degree lower limit?
>Stan


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