On Thu, 2004-01-01 at 19:19,
FoulDragon@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/1/2004 18.24.50 US Mountain Standard Time,
> plug-discuss@grueslayer.com writes:
>
> Might want to see if you can find a second-hand or aftermarket adaptor. I'd
> suspect that it would be reasonably cheap, given that power bricks tend to
> hold little value when divorced from their laptop.
>
> I note some older laptops used to have the power brick built in. I'm amazed
> nobody took it a step further and made the power brick work off of 12-240
> volts instead of
>
> I did a quick search, and ebay has several aftermarket ones for my laptop at
> USD 18 or so. I doubt you have the same laptop as me, so who knows.
----
Many Apple PowerBooks have a 100-250v 50/60Hz power supply/brick on a
leash setup. Probably a bunch of other manufacturers do too.
I would suppose that the reason that they don't build the ac/dc
converter into the laptops anymore is to keep the weight & heat out of
the laptop itself.
Craig
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