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Fri Aug 22

All laptops should have tiny auxiliary batteries

I once owned a Dell Latitude CSx laptop that had a feature I loved — a small auxiliary battery that would keep the RAM alive for about 60 seconds while you swapped out the main battery. I haven’t seen that feature on any other laptop ever. It was such a life saver. Finding a power outlet or shutting down is always a much bigger hassle than it should be.