Battery life: CD vs. HD vs. External HD

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BrianB

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
 
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 said:
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.
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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.
 
Mike Torello said:
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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Great thought. Unfortunately I'm told that only first and business class
have outlets. We peons travelling coach are restricted to batteries.
 
BrianB said:
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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Hmm...

I took a short Amtrak trip recently: each group of seats had a double
outlet. It was a nice trip ;-)
 
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.
 
Curious said:
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.
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When are you gonna learn to reply to the proper person?
 
I was not replying to you I was adding to your response by placing mine
under yours. since I did not reply or comment to anything you said.
 
Curious said:
I was not replying to you I was adding to your response by placing mine
under yours. since I did not reply or comment to anything you said.
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Wow. You don't even know the difference between over and under.
 
Mike... does it really matter? Who really cares were he reply's (top or
bottom) as long as he is willing to help the OP. Make it a great day.
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Computer/Software Tech.


Charles Richmond
 
Mike Torello said:
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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(Sigh) That sounds a lot more relaxing that being jammed into a couch seat
for 7 hours each way.

Brian
 
This person is a fake and NOT an MVP and not even close

When are you going to stop using that fake MVP moniker. Your answer are always wrong
and you are also a fraud.

Have a great day

BTW. Waiting impatiently for your reply which should be a dandy

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.
 
Peter Foldes said:
This person is a fake and NOT an MVP and not even close
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I've had that jerk killfiled since the first day (maybe the second)
the moniker showed up in these groups. The only time I see any of his
crap is when people like you quote it.
When are you going to stop using that fake MVP moniker. Your answer are always wrong
and you are also a fraud.

Have a great day

BTW. Waiting impatiently for your reply which should be a dandy

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"THE C. [MS MVP]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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http://www.mvps.org/links.html<

You are not on the list. You don't even use a proper newsreader. VISTA
just defaults to Microsoft communities, which is web based. Frankly I don't
see how you get your kicks out of this type of behavior. (tweenie)
 
Thank you all for hijacking this thread. You've caused me a bit of
frustration when I think that I've received a useful answer only to be
another babble about MVPs. Please, in the future, if you wish to hijack a
thread, instead either start a new thread, or at least change the subject.

Thank you
Brian (the OP)
 
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