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April 1st 09, 05:37 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch
some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. Brian 
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April 1st 09, 05:51 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
Since the memory key has no motor or other moving parts it would use the
least power Second is probably the internal Hard drive "BrianB" wrote in message ... I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. Brian
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April 1st 09, 05:54 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
"BrianB" wrote:
I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. I'll bet there's an outlet for you to plug your laptop into. Mine (a Toshiba) lets me play DVDs without loading Windows. Nice.
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April 1st 09, 08:42 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
"Mike Torello" wrote in message ... "BrianB" wrote: I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. I'll bet there's an outlet for you to plug your laptop into. Mine (a Toshiba) lets me play DVDs without loading Windows. Nice. Great thought. Unfortunately I'm told that only first and business class have outlets. We peons travelling coach are restricted to batteries.
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April 1st 09, 10:28 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
"BrianB" wrote:
"Mike Torello" wrote in message .. . "BrianB" wrote: I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. I'll bet there's an outlet for you to plug your laptop into. Mine (a Toshiba) lets me play DVDs without loading Windows. Nice. Great thought. Unfortunately I'm told that only first and business class have outlets. We peons travelling coach are restricted to batteries. Hmm... I took a short Amtrak trip recently: each group of seats had a double outlet. It was a nice trip ;-)
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April 1st 09, 10:50 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
Some airlines also have the connectors in coach but maybe not in all coach
rows and you have to ask when you make your reservation for a row that has them. "Mike Torello" wrote in message ... "BrianB" wrote: "Mike Torello" wrote in message . .. "BrianB" wrote: I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. I'll bet there's an outlet for you to plug your laptop into. Mine (a Toshiba) lets me play DVDs without loading Windows. Nice. Great thought. Unfortunately I'm told that only first and business class have outlets. We peons travelling coach are restricted to batteries. Hmm... I took a short Amtrak trip recently: each group of seats had a double outlet. It was a nice trip ;-)
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April 1st 09, 11:19 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
"Curious" wrote:
Some airlines also have the connectors in coach but maybe not in all coach rows and you have to ask when you make your reservation for a row that has them. When are you gonna learn to reply to the proper person? "Mike Torello" wrote in message .. . "BrianB" wrote: "Mike Torello" wrote in message ... "BrianB" wrote: I'm going to be sitting on an airplane for too many hours. I'd like to watch some videos on the laptop and am wondering the best way to maximize battery life. Which uses the least power? - Playing the DVD in the DVD drive - Ripping the DVD to the hard drive and playing it from there (if I have enough free disk space) - Ripping the DVD to an external hard drive and playing it from there - Ripping the DVD to a big memory key and playing it from there Any suggestions? I would guess that the second option would be the best, followed by the memory key. Don't know the trade off between the DVD drive and external hard drive. I'll bet there's an outlet for you to plug your laptop into. Mine (a Toshiba) lets me play DVDs without loading Windows. Nice. Great thought. Unfortunately I'm told that only first and business class have outlets. We peons travelling coach are restricted to batteries. Hmm... I took a short Amtrak trip recently: each group of seats had a double outlet. It was a nice trip ;-)
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April 2nd 09, 06:25 PM
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Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD
"Mike Torello" wrote in message
... Hmm... I took a short Amtrak trip recently: each group of seats had a double outlet. It was a nice trip ;-) (Sigh) That sounds a lot more relaxing that being jammed into a couch seat for 7 hours each way. Brian
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