subject: Don't Use Laptop Outside In Winter [print this page] Yesterday was Mid Autumn FestivalYesterday was Mid Autumn Festival. In Chinese calendar, the climate begins to get cold. and for the laptop, it requires new protection methods to keep it. Like this Dell PA-10 AC adapter, I put it on the shelter of the closet. It's dry and cool there. In winter, there are special notices to follow.
The taboo is using laptop outdoor. The first reason is the damage to LCD screen. Low-temperature is harmful to the TFT notebook screen. TFT screen, generally, can be used under the common temperature ranging from 40 degrees to 10 degrees. Over the temperature range, the color of TFT screen becomes aging faster. If in the low temperature, the use of TFT screen may appear dead pixel TFT screen while in causing permanent damage. Northeast's friends may have had experience, the color of the screen used outdoors in the cold light is very pale, in fact, and this is the TFT LCD screen which has begun to degeneration of the material. For the sake of the TFT screen, keep your laptop inside and away from the cold temperature. And the Dell PA-10 AC adapter is not so safety and portable in winter.
The second reason is the low temperature will damage the laptop battery. At present, most laptops use lithium-ion battery. This battery has the advantage of weight, capacity, but it also has bad performance on anti-cold. At zero when ordinary civilian capacity lithium batteries will be reduced in 20% to minus ten degrees when the capacity may be only about half the time. Winter in northern friends know if the phone is dead in her bosom warms can be used for a period of time, this is because the temperature is too low because the battery causing an electric discharge does not come out. This use of one or two may not have much impact on battery life, but if you use the long-term this may cause permanent damage to the battery.
Besides the screen, the battery, this Dell PA-10 AC adapter is also a big burden to carry with you outdoors. Keep this taboo in mind.
