[lug] cold laptop

[Kenneth D Weinert]

I'd treat it like they say to treat cameras that you bring in from the
cold. 

Allow it to warm up when you bring it in, but put it in a plastic bag as
soon as you bring it in (this is to minimize condensation.)


On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 09:58 -0700, durist at frii.com wrote:
> I'm going up to Leadville this weekend, staying at a hotel for one night and 
> then doing a ski hut trip. My wife needs to do some work, so I'm planning to 
> bring a laptop (IBM thinkpad T40), but the laptop will end up sitting in the 
> car for two cold days and one very cold night while we're at the hut. I'm 
> thinking I'll leave the battery at home since we won't need it in the hotel. 
> As long as it rewarms slowly, should I be otherwise concerned? As far as I 
> know they don't ship laptops to stores in heated trucks in the winter... or 
> do they?
> 
-- 
Ken Weinert
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