Reckon this old laptop will work with Zwift?

sungod

Daniel B wrote:

I'm clearly no scientist, but from what I have read up on, it seems if you have electrical equipment in a very cold environment, when you switch it on, the heat differential creates condensation (?) which then can fry the internals\motherboard etc
Happy to be told this is not the case :-)

P.S garage is watertight, but has no insulation at all, so in the winter it will be pretty much the same temperature as outside.

if the equipment is left out in a cold place and not powered up (which typically generates heat) the problem starts when its temperature drops below the dew point, typically in the morning...

temperature falls overnight, in the morning the air tends to warm faster than other stuff, and dew forms - the effect is often visible on grass, parked cars etc. - see below for example dew point chart

alternatively, if electronics has been somewhere cold, and you bring it into a warm room, again dew can form on it, this can be avoided to a large extent by putting in in a ziploc bag or similar and squishing out as much air as possible before bringing it indoors, then leaving it to warm up before removing the bag

electrolytic corrosion is a common result, but heavy condensation can be more dramatic

equipment for outdoor use is typically sealed, but domestic stuff rarely has that degree of protection

simplest solution is keep the electronics indoors where it's warm, rather than in a garage etc., keep it powered up while in the cold place so that it remains warmer than air temperature, after use bring it back indoors before it cools down



btw in the uk, average humidity is typically 70-90

markhewitt1978

Slowbike wrote:

Just had a thought - doesn't Zwift run on the Apple TV - Ah - still Beta testing ...

Not beta testing any more.