Litium ion batteries have caused several aircraft fires.
Some airlines (Qantas & Virgin Atlantic) ban batteries, you can use the plane’s power supply for your computer.

Smoke hoods can cost less than . Smoke fumes on aircraft can be highly toxic. Aircrew are supplied with smoke hoods.

so tomorrow my neice would be going back to San Diego on an airplane & she would be taking a backpack full of clothes and a laptop in a laptop bag with her. would she be about to carry that on the airplane with her ? please help if u do know. thank you.
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Some people tell me to remove the batteries & use them when needed only , others tell me just to plug the power on while batteries are charging & that it won’t be harmful .
So , please tell me what is the ideal way to manage my laptop & keep batteries in good form for longest time possible .

I got this toshiba satelite laptop computer that is about one year old, it is the best computer i have ever got and i love it a lot. I use it often to watch youtube videos & surf the internet and sometimes use it for school and classwork. Can anyone please tell of some ways i could take really good care of my laptop computer ?? I really like this computer and i would like to keep it working good for a long time.

Dell Inspirion 6000 laptop won’t connect to internet now when previously it connected both via wireless & cable. I’ve updated & run virus programm, it actually connected to internet via cable but after disconnecting and reconnection it now won’t connect via cable. Ran troubleshooting – nic card works, internet connection is working as other pc & mac connect fine. I can’t find the disk that came w/ laptop.
Help. Thanks.

I’m considering taking my laptop computer with me on a trip to Europe (UK & France) so I can blog, upload pictures & videos, email & Skype friends, etc.

Have others done this? If so, did you ever regret taking your laptops along? Would you do it again?

I have had my notebook for almost eight months now and I use it a lot. Most of the time I work on it I have it plugged in & I unplug it after I’m done. Is it fine this way or should I charge it full, then use it until its drained and then charge it again & repeat the process. I am planning to travel a lot soon so I am trying to get the maximum out of my battery life.

Some say one should fully charge the batteries .& plug it to charger only when its low (say 5% ).
Some suggest battery life can be increased if we keep charger always plugged in. However,they say one should avoid charger plugged in when laptop is not in use — this affects battery too much.
I follow other guidelines like reduced screen brightness,avoiding use of CD rom when on battery..
But i am confused with charging option.

I am looking to buy a laptop computer. I don’t want a Mac although I know how wonderful they are as I have one as a desktop.
I want to know what are some good quality, good price laptops at the moment. I mainly need it for writing on Word and I will also use it for the internet to.
If you could please specify the brand, model & the average price (AUS $) & of course why you think its the best I would be greatly appreciative.

I’m looking for a laptop to buy & one criteria I have is that I want most of the parts to be replaceable if I feel like changing some parts a few months after I bought it. I heard of brands like Hp, Dell & Acer but no idea whether the parts are replaceable or not. So what laptop brand has the most replaceable parts?