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

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We have over 300 of them in the field working in some extreme conditions 
(Colorado ski areas, Northern Arizona) and they are subject to cold soak from 
time to time as they get left in vehicles and such and I'll not aware of any 
dire issues caused. I would also think that the issue would be the LCD under 
high temps and the Batts under low. If your using an inverter to run the laptop 
under A/C the Charging circuit and CPU should keep it warm enough for anything 
we have around here. In sever cold I would think batt life could be shorter. 
Jon Christensen, you said you run yours down to the teens. How are you powering 
yours (Inverter I thought). I run mine off Batts and they can go pretty quickly 
at times but they are also old....

Jimmy Ray
 ---- Stan Gorodenski <stan_gorodenski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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