[Cialug] Laptop

[Matthew Nuzum]

My Dell Latitude D420 had as an option a "Slim Auto/Airline" adapter.
You can get this on ebay for about $30 and it runs a variety of the
notebooks. I also used it to power a Latitude D610.

If you want a very portable computer, the D4x0 series are pretty
awesome. With the extended battery it weighs about 3lb 6 oz and has a
1280x800 wide screen display. the D420 and D430 are both excellent
models, recently replaced by the Latitude E4200 and E4300 series.

By the way, a switch mode power supply can easily boost the 11-14v
from a car to the 17-19v needed by most laptops. It's extremely
efficient so really any computer should be able to work in a car if
the manufacturer just takes the time to make the proper power adapter.
Oh, and I bought a universal auto adapter by Kensington at CompUSA a
little while back. Kind of bulky, costs about $95 but works great.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Mark Hesseltine
<markhesseltine at gmail.com> wrote:
> While I haven't measured it for current draw, the Dell 131L I have at
> work came with a 12V cigarette-lighter plug for the charger, as well
> as a standard 110VAC wall plug.
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