Hi,

I have a power notebook: a gateway 7422 with an athlon64 processor, 1GB of ram and an upgraded 7200rpm hdd. Even though it's 6 months old now it's still a very fast notebook and I'm happy with it. The only problem is that its battery lasts for 1h30 at most.

Since I don't want to buy a less powerful notebook whose battery lasts several hours, I was thinking about buying an external battery pack. I would only use this battery pack during long haul flights when I don't have access to a power outlet (economy class or business class w/o laptop power).

I'm talking about something like this: link to give you an idea

What I was wondering is if there is any kind of law that would prevent me from taking such an external battery on board of lights (especially on Canada-Western Europe flights).

Thanks!

I use to travel with one, never had a problem. It's heavy on top of whatever else you are carrying. I would first check to see if your machine offers option of replacing the cd or whatever with another battery, not sure if the gateway does that. I ended up carrying a small OEM battery, because it was much lighter, just swapped them out when I needed to.

I have had the APC for a short time and never had any problems with security screening. It is small enough to fit right in my laptop case with the computer. When I remove the laptop for screening, I just leave the battery pack in the case and it goes right through the scanner with no questions.

http://www.apcc.com/resource/include...base_sku=UPB60

So far, so good. During the recent MR seminar, I was able to leave my l/t powered up most of the day without plugging in anywhere.

JR

I have a Dell, I think it is the D400. It has an extra battery that plugs under the PC. The size of the footprint of the battery is the same as with the laptop. It gives me 6 to 8 hours of operating time which is great for long flights etc. It comes with a high-power charger although you can use the regular as well (but with longer charging time). The combination gets a bit high for desktop use but that hasn't bothered me on the plane or in the lounges where tables are often low. I realize the Dell is not what you are looking for, but maybe there's a similar setup available for your computer.

check these electrovaya powerpads out
http://www.electrovaya.com/product/p...d_product.html