All good stuff, I like the idea of a dedicated extension tightened to fit, but the idea of leaving one permanently plugged in only works for something that never leaves home - I do in fact already do that for my mouse connection on a larger laptop that I have stopped carrying around, ( which is the only reason I bought the smaller netbook ) all the 'jiggling' is then absorbed before movement reaches the socket - but rather acts against the idea of carrying a netbook around with a cable hanging off it, one would only need to snag the cable on something that pulls it in the wrong direction, to ruin your day.
The battery removal 'fix' is interesting, I wonder why, maybe their is a surge of current as one reconnects, that makes a better connection ?
Any advance on what we have learned so far ??
Thank you.