[GLLUG] the battery-less laptop

[Bennett, Daniel]

The ThinkPad laptops I have used run just fine without a battery.  As a
matter of fact, I think I've lost the dead battery for my 600X and I
still use it occasionally.


On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 11:11, Scott Harrison wrote:
> Hi GLLUG:
> 
> 
> Just wondering if there are any possibilities for
> purchasing a laptop that can run without its battery
> (just working off of an AC adaptor).  I have not
> yet encountered a laptop that does this, but imagine
> that they have to exist.  (Custom-rigging a solution
> with the right electronics would be achievable too
> of course.)
> 
> 
> For a laptop that is used like a desktop, and if the
> batteries go bad, or if it becomes old (screen dies, etc)
> and becomes a test server, it seems that being able
> to run batteryless would be a helpful feature.  (Thanks
> for any insights!)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Scott
> 
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