DISQUS

JasonHofmann · 3 months ago

My new Dell Latitude E6400 has one USB port with a lightining bolt icon next to it. If enabled in the BIOS, it will remain powered even when the laptop is off. In the BIOS, you can even configure percent-capacity thresholds at which the laptop should stop powering the port, such as 5%, 10%, 25%, etc. Great feature. In fact, I keep my Verizon/Novatel MiFi 2200 permanently connected to this port in my briefcase so that it thinks it is "plugged in" and allows up to 5 devices to connect to it via WiFi (as opposed to the single device limit when on battery power). Overall, this is such a great feature that I expect all laptops to have it within 2 years.