[Bug 59695] Re: High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime

[houstonbofh]

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... :)

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695
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