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10-Hour PowerBook Battery

Posted by pudge on from the if-only-i-ever-left-my-house-this-might-be-useful dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Valence has apparently caved to pressure from Mac fans and finally released iBook/TiBook compatible cabling for their N-Charge Power System. The N-Charge is a $300, 10-Hour Lithion-Ion battery that powers laptops and cell phones/pdas at the same time. The next step? How about adapters to power my miniDV camcorder?" There's also a lighter version that has about half the power, for half the price.

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  1. External by dhovis · · Score: 4, Informative
    This is an external battery pack with 130 W*h capacity. For comparison, the 12" iBook has a 47 W*h battery. So you could extend the iBook's battery life from 4-5 hours to 15-18 hours. It supplements the internal battery.

    The downside? It weighs ~3 pounds, about 60% as heavy as the iBook.

    Still, I can see the appeal for people who have frequent long flights.

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