APC TravelPower Case

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APC TravelPower Case

Postby birddog114 on Sat Sep 18, 2004 9:19 am

How this help us with the notebook and our DSLR?
Less than AU$280.00 GST inc. and available in our Aussie market
http://www.apc.com/products/family/index.cfm?id=224
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Postby Onyx on Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:16 am

I saw these at a Staples store the other day... they basically have the "brick" embedded in the lining on the bag (along with the wires), so it's a bit out of the way, but IMO overpriced for merely saving one from the tangle of wires.
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Postby gstark on Sat Sep 18, 2004 10:33 am

I've not seen one, but I'm not overly impressed; it strikes me as being a marketing person's solution to the problem, rather than the engineer's. I keep heaps of other stuff in my bag as well: papers, tickets, etc. when I'm travelling, and I can forsee issues when I plug my laptop into the bag during a presentation, and I need something from my bag.

Laptop power supplies need to have another three or so outputs on them, each switchable for output voltage, amperage and polarity, and you just buy cables that can plug into that common interface. Of course, marketing dweebs could never work out how to use this ... :)

And of course many devices are now starting to use the USB port as a recharging source; this is a reasonably good alternative too.
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