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Situation:
It's -5 °C outside and I'm bringing my laptop to school in my bag. I spend a lot of time walking outside in the cold. Then I go into the school where it's 25 °C and fire up the laptop immediately. Note, I'm not using the laptop while outside, it's on "sleep", so the "operating temperature" in the manual is irrelevant I think.
What are the odds that this breaks/wears my laptop eventually, or shortens the battery life? Has this happened to anyone? Any way to protect the laptop without using an additional insulating bag?
Laptop model: Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo Pi-3525
P.S. Some days it snows (high humidity) and some days it doesn't.
Not duplicate: http://superuser.com/questions/65866/running-a-laptop-in-a-very-cold-mountainous-region
– Stefan Monov – 2010-01-15T18:01:28.563On a smaller scale, my 80gb classic HDD-based ipod is withstanding hour-long walks several times a week during the canadian winter, actually being used, with no noticable problems. On its second winter now. – mtone – 2010-01-15T19:27:19.840