在从洛杉矶飞往东京的8个小时的旅途中,Todd Simon——一位市场销售管理人员,计划工作4个小时以接发电子邮件并整理销售演示材料,但他误算了。作为一个老练的笔记本机用户,Simon在打开他的ThinkPad 560笔记本机后,为了节省电池,启动了高级电源管理软件并关闭了其通信及红外线端口。尽管如此,在他开机70分钟后,机器的单个锂离子电池就完全没电了。Simon是Omaha Steaks国际公司市场及销售部的副总裁,他说:“我对面的旅客也带了一个笔记本电脑,在整个航程中他换了5次电池,我在想‘这哥们倒是准备 During his eight-hour journey from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Todd Simon, a marketing executive, planned to work four hours to send and sell presentations, but he miscalculated. As a seasoned notebook user, Simon turned on his ThinkPad 560 laptop and, saving battery power, launched advanced power management software and shut down its communications and infrared ports. However, 70 minutes after turning it on, the machine’s single lithium-ion battery was completely discharged. Simon, vice president of marketing and sales at Omaha Steaks International, said: "I also had a laptop across from me, and for the entire trip he changed his battery five times.