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iBook is a laptop (with a builtin battery backup!)
Authored by: Rainy Day on Feb 13, '06 05:12:05PM
If you're on a laptop when a storm is raging, disconnect the A/C Power Adapter (and any other cables, like EtherNet, phone lines, etc.) right away! Laptops have built-in battery backups, after all, so there's no need to wait on the computer to do anything before pulling the power plug. Certainly don't wait for the iBook to shutdown.

Unless it's going to bed for a long time, in which case the battery might be drained and data lost, you really don't need to shut a laptop down. Just put the book to sleep.

In all likelihood, the Power Manager just needed to be reset (as was previously noted). A simple Shift-Control-Option-Power will do that.

A high quality surge suppressor is always a good idea, but during an electrical storm, don't count on them. A direct hit on your powerline could take out even the best of them.

 

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iBook is a laptop (with a builtin battery backup!)
Authored by: designr on Feb 13, '06 10:52:48PM

One time, when I was renting a house, the electrician my landlady hired accidentally crossed both hot legs off the pole effectively making the house current 220v -- just for a moment until the distribution panel exploded throwing him on his a**. In that short moment, all the surge protectors exploded -- two caught fire -- causing my maid to run screaming from the house screaming and flailing her arms in terror...

Note to self: NEVER get the landlady's electrician drunk before he finishes playing with the live wires.

All computers, TVs, etc. survived and are still in good working order. Good surge protectors!

OK. You had to ask...



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