linuxcaffe; thinkpad battery life

[Adam Raymond]

I have a thinkpad 390X. I don't think its quite as old as the ones
your planning to set up. But the battery has been used allot, and now
on its own can last for a solid 30 minutes.

Maybe you should have desktops (or laptops) set up at some kind of
station, that way they aren't relying on battery power. Then people
that have their own laptops will come to the caffe and use your
wireless service. If the battery is such an issue, you might want to
consider it.


On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:13:27 -0400, David J Patrick
<davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 11:47, Taavi Burns wrote:
> 
> > Now that I think about it, I'd be much more worried about the battery life.
> [snip]
> > And batteries are not as cheap as you might like.
> >
> > Just keep that in mind. :)
> 
> Yes, that's a real concern. Other than flipping batteries faster then
> burgers in a greasy spoon, there must be some solution.
> 
> -find someone to rebuild old batteries.
> -come up with a "cheap" "portable" external power supply.
> -maintain a fleet of batteries and make 110v power ubiquitous.
> 
> Have I overlooked anything ?
> djp
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