Triple-H

^ I'm more of a JoAnn Fabrics kind of guy

zzziippyyy

[QUOTE=Kyras,Dec 2 2008, 10:55 PM] Not the best deal.

plantpixie

Yflyer

FWIW. I do not have personal experience on this, but I have read that Ni-Cad and Ni-MH batteries are less finicky about deep discharge than Li-Ion. If Li-ion is completely discharged, then it may not recharge at all.

Triple-H

^ interesting, i'll be looking into this, thx

Morris

I have selected a Sony 40 inch HDTV (largest that will fit in our built-in cabinet) but no $$$$. I am hoping that another stimulus check will be sent early next year. That's what it will go for. The one last summer was sent right back to IRS as part of my quarterly tax estimate.

Yflyer

A quick look at it from Wikipedia

[I]Disadvantages of traditional Li-ion technology.

A unique drawback of the Li-ion battery is that its service life is dependent upon aging (shelf life). From time of manufacturing, regardless of whether it was charged or the number of charge/discharge cycles, the battery will decline slowly and predictably in "capacity". This means an older battery will not last as long as a new battery due solely to its age, unlike other batteries. This is due to an increase in internal resistance, which affects its ability to deliver current, thus the problem is more pronounced in high-current applications than low. This drawback is not widely published.[18] However, as this capacity decreases over time, the time required to charge it also decreases proportionally. Also, high charge levels and elevated temperatures hasten permanent capacity loss for Lithium ion batteries.[19] This heat is caused by the traditional carbon anode, which has been replaced with good results by Lithium titanate. Lithium titanate has been experimentally shown to drastically reduce the degenerative effects associated with charging including expansion and other factors.[20] See "Improvements of lithium Ion technology" below.

At a 100% charge level, a typical Li-ion laptop battery that is full most of the time at 25

DrCloud

Well, it won't top last year, but it's more self-oriented: I got me a new computer, a Vaio RT150, with a second (eSATA) 1.5TByte disk.

Now it's a matter of deleting all of the crapware and figuring out how to make this 64-bit version of Vista behave. (I think my challenge is more Vista than 64-bit, though.)

This is my second Sony all-in-one; the earlier version (19" screen, slower dual core processor) is doing quite well -- Claire is getting it.

I started doing some scientific computations again, so I had an excuse for the extra horsepower. HPH

martin j

I settled for a new Canon pixma printer, so much quicker than the old one, and pretty cheap too.

Vanishing Point

I'd been contemplating and comparing this item for about a year and finally pulled the trigger. It's great, but getting underneath your car when it's fully in the air is a bit unnerving.


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