Just to say Ray, that we all received it fine. Congratulations! On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:44:47 +0100, "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Billy, using your laptop for wireless internet fould well help run your > laptop > battery down quicker - one more device needing power. I believe some > people turn > off the screen on a laptop to conserv battery life. > > To your second question, the Answer is 'yes'. This came up on list very > recently > where many reported their laptop batteries were almost useless because of > continuous use on the mains and the battery getting cooked through over > charging. > Seemingly, few laptops have the 'intelligence' to know when enough is > enough. > > By the by, this message is by way of a sort of test. I'm still > experiencing email > problems with Plusnet and it'll be interesting to see how quickly this > message > reaches the list. > > From Ray > I can be contacted off-list at: > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > Of > TrueBlue > Sent: 02 October 2006 10:47AM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] surely not? > > > hi guys, > surely this can't be true. > I have been told from people on other mailing lists, that if yu connect > yur > laptop wirelessly to the Internet, it will run down the Laptops battery, > quicker > than using a ethernet cable. > Can this be really true?. > Also on the same list, the suggestion is that it is a bad Idea to run > the Laptop > VIA the power adaptor. > Finally, is it better to purchase an external Laptop keyboard?. > Billy > Billy > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1785 (20061002) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com -- Christopher Hallsworth chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq