Re: Boeing's Connexion announcement

[Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>]

Owen DeLong wrote:
> This may be a nit, but, you will _NEVER_ see AC power at any, let alone 
> all of
> the seats.  Seat power that works with the iGo system is DC and is not
> conventional 110 AC.

Into which the laptop user plugs the inverter he has in his carry-on 
that he bought for use in the rental car, producing 115vac (240 if from 
Europe).  Into this he plugs the laptop SMPS, into which he plugs the 
laptop.  Horribly inefficient, but that's the way Joe Sixpack does it. 
He probably doesn't have much of a choice.

It's a pity that laptop makers don't either design their machines to 
operate on a nominal 13.8 VDC or sell a relatively inexpensive and 
commonly available 13.8-to-[whatever DC voltage the laptop uses on 
whatever oddball connector they use that seems to be unique to that make 
and model and likely serial number and unavailable anywhere].

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