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by JasonSage 3885 days ago
> The greatest sin of all, though. The hands-down WORST crime committed, is when the hardware IS PLUGGED INTO A POWER SOURCE, BUT REFUSES TO POWER ON BECAUSE "THE BATTERY NEEDS TO CHARGE FIRST."

I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing that the device waits until it has enough charge to boot properly. Otherwise, if you disconnect the power source the computer does not have enough power to finish booting and will hard crash somewhere in the boot process. I don't know if it's enough to brick your machine but it's easier to just let the thing charge for a minute before you hit the button.
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somewheres 3885 days ago
If it's plugged in, it can boot. Anything else is a malignant abomination masquerading as design.

No exceptions.

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dkonofalski 3884 days ago
That seems an awful lot like an opinion rather than an objective assessment. Yes, if it's plugged in, it can boot. If it gets unplugged, though, as laptops are wont to do, it can't. Ensuring that a laptop is, at a minimum, usable without power before allowing a boot seems like an excellent design.
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