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Old Mar 22, 2008 | 4:58 pm
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ed1
 
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: TPA, PHL
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Originally Posted by cjheck
Two points:

(1) This only works with EmPower or 20mm plugs--neither of which NW uses.

(2) Apple has not licensed MagSafe to third party manufacturers--hence the lack of any non-Apple MagSafe products.
Another option would be to buy an inverter to AC power, which, with a cigarette lighter adapter from empower, will let you use it from either an airplane with empower or a vehicle cigarette lighter/12V battery terminals and will power your computer's AC adapter or other AC devices up to the rated wattage. The downside is its size is larger than a normal DC computer adapter. My 250 W AC inverter only cost around $20 from Sam's Club.

For NW that would still require an AC adapter for the computer with a 70W or lower AC draw.

Last edited by ed1; Mar 22, 2008 at 5:06 pm
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