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Mac mini Sans Wires - Batteries Inside the Case

Posted by timothy on from the why-do-you-ask-why dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Running Debian (or Linux generally) on a Mac mini is old news. Silas installed rechargable batteries inside the case, delivering a couple of hours of runtime while retaining the small form factor. Although it runs fine without wires, he had to plug in the monitor to be able to show that it was really up."

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  1. Huge new product line! by dave_mcmillen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, this could be the start of something big! What if he were to also install a portable screen? Maybe it could, I dunno, fold down into the top of the machine, or something. Then you could carry the computer around and do stuff with it, wherever you went, while resting it on your knee. A sort of "knee-top" compiter, though maybe there's a better name someone can think of . . .

    1. Re:Huge new product line! by nine-times · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bah... and what are you going to do for input? You can install a screen, but then you'd still have to carry around a keyboard and mouse. What, you're going to attach a keyboard and mouse to this whole setup? It's patently absurd.

  2. Schrodinger's Mac by mathmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Although it runs fine without wires, he had to plug in the monitor to be able to show that it was really up."

    Actually, the mac is both dead and alive until the monitor is plugged in - at which time the mac's probablility wave instantaneously settles in at its definite and final value...that is until the batteries run out, then it's a $500 doorstop.