Thank you Jon, Jeff, Chris, Keith, Jimmy, and Gene for your responses. They have all be very helpful. I have nothing to worry about. All I have to do is use the laptop and make adjustments as the problems surface. 300 in the field is a real indication. Jimmy, probably everyone knows, but what sort of project are you involved with that uses 300 laptops? My next question - Would I have a temperature problem if I got a Notebook instead of a Laptop? NO! NO!, just joking. Stan 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 >-- >See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please >send personal replies to the author, not the list. > > > > > -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.