[plug] Notebooks

[Bernd Felsche]

On Wednesday 16 June 2004 13:53, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> > I honestly thing they should sell laptops that don't even have
> > batteries and rely either solely on AC or let you put a universal
> > battery into the USB port.

> What exactly is the point of a laptop with no battery!?  Having to lug
> a separate battery around with you would be a bit of a pain, too.
> (For that matter, I'd be surprised if USB would be remotely practical
> for putting power /into/ a laptop.)

Probably around the second half of 2005, you should be seeing much
more efficient processors become available at higher performance
than at present.

IIRC, USB should easily be able to "provide" 2A @ 12V. That's enough
to run machines based on VIA's Eden processors and probably
Transmeta whatevers.

I've found that havoing batteries that don't even last a typical
working day pretty pointless anyway. You're *always* looking for
somewhere to plug them in.

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