Ray, thanks for the helpful tips about Laptops. Billy ----- Original Message ----- From: Ray's Home To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 11:44 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: surely not? 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