Ubuntu
acpi-support package

  1. Bug #59695
  2. Comment #575

Comment 575 for bug 59695

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houstonbofh (leesharp) wrote : Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

Endolith wrote:
>> So I have a bit of an issue with using "on battery" to mean "likely to
> be dropped while being used"
>
> Yes, this is a silly assumption. My laptop is plugged in 99% of the
> time I am using it, but it is just as likely to be dropped as any other
> time. Even if it's parking often, what are the chances that it will be
> parked at the moment it is dropped anyway?

This should be user-definable. I have never "droped" a laptop and lost
a drive, even when walking down a hall or up a ladder. I have, however,
banged a keyboard in frustration and lost a hard drive. The computer
was plugged in at the time... :)