Comments on: US Airways Introduces In-Flight WiFi After It Removes In-Seat Power : What Now? http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/07/23/us-airways-introduces-in-flight-wifi-after-it-removes-in-seat-power-what-now/ The Blog for Those Who Fly & Those Who Want to Fly Smarter Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Travel News You Can use « OneTravel Blog – Travel Deals Blog and Travel Tips http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/07/23/us-airways-introduces-in-flight-wifi-after-it-removes-in-seat-power-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-109727 Travel News You Can use « OneTravel Blog – Travel Deals Blog and Travel Tips Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:11:59 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/?p=1203#comment-109727 [...] Flying With Fish explains US Airways in-flight wi-fi, and the lack of in-seat power. [...] [...] Flying With Fish explains US Airways in-flight wi-fi, and the lack of in-seat power. [...]

]]> By: Jeremy http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/07/23/us-airways-introduces-in-flight-wifi-after-it-removes-in-seat-power-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-109366 Jeremy Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:36:07 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/?p=1203#comment-109366 I have to say that a netbook with good battery life is a good solution in this situation. As I replied on twitter, the EEE PC he1000 is a good choice, it lasted 8 hours in real life use, enough for me to finish some work on a internation flight from east coast to China. I hope future generations will have higher screen resolution, which will make the netbook more useful in viewing spreadsheets. :) I have to say that a netbook with good battery life is a good solution in this situation. As I replied on twitter, the EEE PC he1000 is a good choice, it lasted 8 hours in real life use, enough for me to finish some work on a internation flight from east coast to China. I hope future generations will have higher screen resolution, which will make the netbook more useful in viewing spreadsheets. :)

]]> By: Aaron http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/07/23/us-airways-introduces-in-flight-wifi-after-it-removes-in-seat-power-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-109328 Aaron Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:45:05 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/?p=1203#comment-109328 Short term choices aren't always the best! But seriously, most laptops automatically dim the monitor when on battery (any modern Mac or Windows powered laptop would do this out of the box by default). I never increase the brightness up to max unless it's the only way I can see it. With brightness on about 50%, my laptop averages about 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life on my Sony Viao VGN-Z590 that I bought October 2008, with wifi enabled (and being used). Further, why would US Airways care if you buy wifi access and then your battery dies? :) Short term choices aren’t always the best!

But seriously, most laptops automatically dim the monitor when on battery (any modern Mac or Windows powered laptop would do this out of the box by default). I never increase the brightness up to max unless it’s the only way I can see it. With brightness on about 50%, my laptop averages about 5 to 5.5 hours of battery life on my Sony Viao VGN-Z590 that I bought October 2008, with wifi enabled (and being used).

Further, why would US Airways care if you buy wifi access and then your battery dies? :)

]]> By: jon http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/2009/07/23/us-airways-introduces-in-flight-wifi-after-it-removes-in-seat-power-what-now/comment-page-1/#comment-109325 jon Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:30:56 +0000 http://boardingarea.com/blogs/flyingwithfish/?p=1203#comment-109325 yeesh. i had to fly a US transcon (SFO-CLT) last month and it was terrible without IFE or in-seat power. hooray for more carriers with wifi, though! yeesh. i had to fly a US transcon (SFO-CLT) last month and it was terrible without IFE or in-seat power. hooray for more carriers with wifi, though!

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