Aren't they all pretty much 19.5VDC anyway?
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| Bob_Robertson Dec 19, 2013 12:05 PM EDT |
Seems easy enough, but will hardware makers give up the lucrative spare/replacement market? |
| JaseP Dec 19, 2013 6:13 PM EDT |
I have chargers that vary from 12v to 19.5v... They are all over the map... Standardizing would be good, but you know someone will always put out something different. |
| gus3 Dec 19, 2013 6:40 PM EDT |
My Asus is 12V. Standardizing laptop chargers makes very little sense. Some laptops have hefty power requirements, some can get by with just a steady sip of juice. It isn't like the cell phone market, standardized on mini- and micro-USB. |
| tuxchick Dec 20, 2013 12:13 AM EDT |
Some kind of standard would be nice. I have a multi-AC adapter that comes with a set of different-sized connectors, and adjustable voltage and polarity. It's kind of unwieldy, but it sure comes in handy. |
| tuxchick Dec 20, 2013 12:13 AM EDT |
Kind of like this: http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Adapter-15V-18-5V-19-5V/dp/B... |
| BFM Dec 20, 2013 12:27 AM EDT |
Technically making a voltage like 19.5V and a common plug standard is the way to go. At a standard voltage one only has to make sure the adapter's wattage is sufficient to drive a device. That way vendors could sell their machines with an adaptor tailored for a unit to save costs. Meanwhile we could have high wattage extra supplies that could drive a gaming machine or the one we just bought. |
| cr Dec 21, 2013 7:05 PM EDT |
I'll be happy so long as they settle on an adapter output voltage high enough that the computer can withstand being powered from a charging automotive system (~+13.7VDC) through nothing but passive filtration. I don't trust my Toshiba to handle that electrical environment, so I daisychain a small inverter into the supplied power-brick; that's two switchers where I should have needed none. |
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