I continue to be amazed at people using laptops in restaurants

[thewayne]

Not that people are doing that, because I do it all the time. Right now I'm at Arby's (one of three restaurants in town that I know of that has free wifi), I can see at least three other laptops in use. All of the others? Windows laptops. Mine? Mac. The others? Plugged into the wall. Mine? Not.

Don't people keep their laptops with at least a reasonable charge on them? Mine's not fully charged, and I freely admit it was plugged in last night when Russet and I grabbed a bite after she did an Apollo run (I sucked the battery dry finishing up the astronomy t-shirt mentioned in a previous link), but what gives? It's consistent. Every time I see someone with a PC laptop, they're plugged in to the wall! I cannot believe that all of these people are road warriors and they come in at lunch to punch up their charge a bit.

I'm not saying this is a Mac vs PC thing. I've been using laptops for years, and I always make sure my laptop has a reasonable charge, if not fully charged, when I leave home in the AM. Doesn't anyone else? Do they also not charge their cell phones? Their cameras?

I just don't get it.

Comments

[jaegamer.livejournal.com]

I don't know about anyone else, but both of my laptops don't hold that much of a charge, even after I got a new battery for the old one. The old one is good for an hour or so, the new one (with the extra-big battery pack) for maybe 2.5 IF I'm not using WIFI or my hard drive much.

Maybe Mac's OS doesn't suck as much...er...juice?

[annaonthemoon.livejournal.com]

For me, if I can find a plug where I'm at, I'll plug it in on the off chance I need it to be fully charged to run off the battery later.

[droewyn.livejournal.com]

Ditto here.

[anyeone.livejournal.com]

Mine is always fully charged unless I've been away from an outlet.

If there is an outlet at the restaurant or airport I will use it, because that just gives me more time when I can't use an outlet. Why waste battery when you don't have to?

[silveradept]

I think most people are trying not to run on their battery life if they can avoid it. Considering how much charge can deplete in a sneaky manner if not paying attention, most people just are accustomed to having the laptop plugged in.