[GLLUG] the battery-less laptop

[Mike Szumlinski]

Honestly, I think every laptop I've ever had works just fine sans 
battery.

List includes loads of old Powerbooks, a bunch of old IBMs, a Compaq, 
some crappy Dell in there somewhere, and an HP Omnibook.

-Mike

On Dec 21, 2004, at 12:31 PM, SuperNate I am! 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!)