On 11/26/2010 9:43 PM, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
- Automatic power management seem to have improved a lot and is almost unnoticeable. However, can't we disable it while the laptop is on AC?
I'm pretty certain I recall reading that XOs show the charging indicator light to show they have enough external power to charge. The charging light does not necessarily indicate that there is external power to charge the battery and run the laptop at the same time purely from an external power source.
XO's do not presume that the external power source is an AC adapter, allowing a wide range of input tolerances before you damage the computer. There is a somewhat stale wiki page at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Battery_and_power with a lot of user comments about what happens if you try to charge an XO via various alternative means.
--- SJG