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Old Nov 2, 2010 | 11:45 am
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Originally Posted by tentseller
My point exactly, there are three standards out there at the very least.
One of which is compatible with nearly every AC power brick out there (in general not even requiring plug adapters, it's a rather cute design) and the other two are compatible with plug adapters (every DC-DC "auto-air" power converter I've owned in the past 7 years has handled both empower and cigarette-lighter plugs)

So two real standards, one DC and one AC. I think the AC way looks like the future, at least on long-haul.
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