24/7 Notebook Power? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Cliff on Saturday June 15, 2002 @02:01AM from the carrying-your-outlet-with-you dept.

RobPiano asks: "Help! I am working at a health care facility that may be expanding its network to have eight Fujitsu wireless notebooks. These notebooks would be required to run nearly 24/7 with minimum downtime. Unfortunately, charging and replacing lithium-ion batteries is expensive, and cost is definitely an issue. The notebooks are placed on carts, so an 'on-cart power supply' is an option, but having it plugged in is not. I considered a car battery, but most of the nurses would have trouble pushing both cart and battery. How have you readers kept your systems powered?"

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wtf? by Anonymous Coward · 2002-06-15 02:36 · Score: 4, Funny

ok, let me get this straight. You want an effectively UNLIMITED powersupply (24/7) and you can't ever plug it in, AND "cost is an issue". In otherwords, you want free unlimited energy in portable form. Hmm. Maybe I could interest you in this "cold fusion" device or this perpetual motion machine.