Internal battery

[swing]

the internal battery is not needed since stuff is stored in flash ram, ie nand which is non-volatile memory as opposed to volatile memory that required a current to keep the data.

Ah, thanks - and this applies to all C series does it?

[richie]

Hi

And another question if I may - what happens if the main battery runs out - I have a 5500, which is well known that when the battery runs out, you lose everything stored in the machine, and have to reinstall everything

The 5500 has two batteries, the user replaceable main one, lithium and a built in Ni-Cad. The Ni-Cad is there to cover for the main battery running out or whilst switching batteries. It lasts for approx 24 hours. Though this Ni-Cad is nonuser replaceable and will only last 100 recharge cycles, so in time you might get less than 24 hours back up.

I'd personally prefer the C' series as it doesn't rely on non user replaceable batteries.

Richie