Buying a New Laptop

[Jack]

Well glad to hear it. I was only reporting what I found on Google. I only know about it as a result of a new article I read the day before about the Dell power supply.

Since it's all propagandist BS, I'm sure the other related problem(s) are too. But you can google it yourself if interested (dell laptop power cord failure). I only reported what I've read and didn't take a stand one way or the other. I have nothing against Dell.

I just made a statement to "be careful" to a fellow luggite searching for a new machine. Since new machines are a considerable investment it pays to do one's homework and get the best one can for the expense.

Jack

--- On Wed, 4/20/11, Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Billy Crook <billycrook at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Buying a New Laptop
> To: "Kclug" <kclug at kclug.org>
> Cc: "Jack" <quiet_celt at yahoo.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 4:15 AM
> The pin does not "identify the cord
> as genuine Dell".  That is
> propagandist bullshit, but who is surprised?  The pin
> allows the power
> adapter to communicate with the laptop and convey its
> maximum
> supported load.  Many Dell laptops, mine included, are
> capable of
> demanding an extraordinary amount of electricity under
> heavy use while
> recharging a battery.  They also have a 'speed
> charging' thing that
> draws significantly more power to allow you to recharge
> batteries
> faster.
> 
> My power brick's max output is 250 watts, and I can
> recharge a 2.5 hr
> runtime battery in 15 minutes.  While loading down
> four cores, and
> saturating 16GB of ram and two sata drives worth of disk
> IO.

Wow! Does it cook breakfast at the same time too?