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Old 13-01-2013, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mithrandir View Post
It appears no-one makes a 12V charger for my Toshiba Qosmio X770, so there's no option but to use an inverter to get 240V to run the charger. It takes about 180W and has a custom plug.
That's a beast of a machine though-eats a lot of juice.
In fairness, I would not personally use such an expensive laptop in the field (dew, dropping it etc..). That's why I use a $300 netbook. If it breaks I can just pick up another one. Great for planetary AVI capture as you can hold the screen up to the focuser and the battery lasts for hours on a full charge (just replaced the battery after 3.5 years)
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