MagSafe Airline Power Adapter released

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Apple may have released specialized adapters back in the Duo days, I don't quite recall, but certainly not since then.

As for third-parties filling in the gaps. Ha! When was the last time you saw a battery charger for a Powerbook battery?

I run off the grid several weeks a year. A laptop that I can't run on 12v is a brick after one day. Fortunately, it should be possible to get a converter so that you can plug that airplane adapter into a 12v car outlet (I've seen converters going the other way).

The limitation about not charging while running is understandable--the amps just aren't there. I assume that it *will* charge if the laptop is asleep--does anyone know differently? Frankly, that's how I run when I'm running my G4 17 off of car batteries anyway--it's more efficient.

The real drag is the lack of chargers. Lindt stopped making them. The other folks who used to make them got bought by a disk drive company, and stopped as well. It's all very fine to carry two batteries and use them during the day--but what am I supposed to do, set the alarm for 3am so I can take the recharged one out of the laptop and put the second one in to charge? This is a category where Apple needs to step up to the plate.

while I'm glad Apple came out with something for my flights, I'm also a bit pissed that they haven't let 3rd parties play in this game. I have 4 iGo adapters that I've bought over the years to charge my phone and computer, and now I can't use any of those... that's probably a $600 investment down the drain... ugh.

At $60 for this and $80 for the full wall adapter (amazon) I'd be tempted to buy a second wall adapter, cut the cable and put a male & female connector pair in line. That way you could choose something standard and use the mag safe end to convert from an existing auto / air / iGo adapter... Maybe I'll send that in to Make!

will apple release a ar charger, i've burned up 2 inverters on my pc and one on my mac (i don't think its the computers fualt but the still do suck)

Alex

I'm a bit upset it won't power it from a car, but I guess auto electric systems aren't as standardised. It's unfortunate that they couldn't put sufficient regulation inside it to deal with that, even though it does come with a plug that would fit in a car

It blows my mind that iGo, etc couldn't get Apple to release an adapter adapter. On one end is the MagSafe connector, on the other end a female connector that takes the old PowerBook power connector. That way we'd all be happier....

$60 seems steep, but for your average frequent flier... I'm sure they can afford it just fine.

There's this crazy little thing in your macbookr ight now called a battery that'll power it internally and in a low light environment like a plane, the minimum brightness setting with all wireless stuff off (wardriving in a plane??) will last you a good number of hours if you need ot get actual work done (or even DVD watching if you must.) I know that this is useless in a international travel situation, but I just wanted to be snarky for a moment.

Too bad the airplace I'll be on this next week doesn't have EmPower plugs.