2 processors in every Macbook pro.

Guh.

Not only that, but they are both on one chip, to faster interact with each other.

Random question: Why is Ebay telling me (not from a spam email or anything, just when I go to the site) that in order to change my email address, i have to give them a credit card to have on file? I don't want to do that! I rarely use Ebay, and when I do, I use paypal. I don't think they should need my credit card info! I just want to change emails...because the current one will likely be going away. (I'm trying to change to a yahoo account, so maybe that's the issue, but geez--I've had THAT for 7 years, the ones that aren't free come with my internet and that's changed over the years!)

Huh. I just changed my e-mail address at eBay, and they didn't ask me for a cc number. I don't have one listed in my account, either.

The only thing I can think of is that I've never sold anything there, so they've never had to bill me any fees. It may be worth asking them what's the deal.

I can't think how to phrase this question to google an answer. Suggestions for that (or actual answers) would be fervently appreciated.

I have a large data file and have done calculations with a small number of the records (the calculations are so unwieldy I can only have about forty records in the calculation file).

I can copy the next 40 records in to the calculation file and save as file 2, but doing that thirty times by hand seems excessive. Is there a way to automate this? I do have experience programming in VBA.

Thanks for any and all help!

this sounds like the job of an excel macro.

this sounds like the job of an excel macro

And I could do it that way if it was within a workbook, but I don't know what commands to use to work with multiple workbooks.

oh dear! I'm sorry. I can't provide you any helpful suggestions. No way to condense into 1 workbook?

How long should a laptop battery let you work, in general?

I inherited a ThinkPad from my dad. He never used the battery - -always plugged it in while using it.

I charged the thing by having it plugged in, which I was told was the way to do it, and turned it on a minute ago. The battery died in under five minutes.

Laptop newbie, here. Is this a problem with the battery itself, maybe? Or am I doing something wrong (which is what I suspect)?

Probably a bad battery.

My laptop got to the point that it was doing that. Just long enough to transport it from plugged-in-in-the-dining-room to plugged-in-in-the-bedroom.

I needed a new battery.