Leaving computers on... (was Re: Disc analyser news update)

[Tony Duell]

> > Well, considering my 80x86-based laptop  (which is over 20 years
> > old) runs for well over 10 hours before needeing a charge....
> >
> > [Of coruse it does't have a backlit display. or a colour display, or
> > internal disk drives. You don't use it to watch movies. The memory is row
> > after row of 6264s, the battery islead-acid. No prizes for guessing what
> > it is]
> >
> >
> An HP Omnibook?  That had a really long battery life. Although now that I

Right manufacturer, but not that machine. Didn;t the Omnibook have an 
intenral 'kittyhawk' hard drive?

-tony