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Old Jul 7, 2010 | 10:46 pm
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SeaClay007
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The ports on the aircraft are only putting out ~75W and larger laptops can easily draw 90W or more. The usual result is that you can use the laptop, but not charge the battery.

My Alienware m17x draws 250W and the power brick will not even light up.
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