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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 9:38 am
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
A lot of laptops only last < 90 minutes on battery.

The other major issue for those in coach is finding enough real estate to open up a laptop & work on it comfortably. I used it once on WN on a flight with a lot of turbulence. It was free; I would never pay a 2nd time for that experience.

I'm skeptical that they will find enough customers to make this work out in the long term. The returns will probably favor airlines w/ F sections & E+ style seating (e.g. UA & JetBlue).

On a 737, for example, I usually won't even open up my laptop unless I'm in the exit-row seat w/ no seat in front of it.
I totally agree. I tried using it on an AA flight last weekend. Me in window seat, someone else in aisle seat next to me (MD88). Next to impossible but I only used it to send some EMail I had composed but not sent earlier, and because AA was offering a free code too.

I doubt airlines will ever install in-seat power just to accommodate the wifi.
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