On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 07:13:41 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> dijo:
>On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> Indeed, I did check eBay. > > I've noticed lately that eBay prices frequently greatly exceed the >suggested list price, and 'Net retailers are usually lower than list >price. My experience also. I have just about completely given up on eBay. In the present case there are two like mine, each offered at about $230 with shipping, where Sager and System76 will sell me one for $165. >> What the smarts do I have yet to discover. > > Get folks to pay the high price? Apparently the same power supply can be had in a "B" model and a "D" version (mine is a "D"). As far as I can tell, the only difference between them is that the "B" model has a standard barrel connector, where the "D" model has a four pin connector. And according to what I read on gaming sites, the four pin versions have an ID chip in the brick. Sadly, everyone posting about it assumed that everyone on the planet was born knowing what an ID chip is. I can assure you that there is at least one person presently alive who was not so born (et c'est moi). If anyone knows what an ID chip is, I could use some enlightenment. I also discovered that there are several manufacturers of these AC adapters/chargers, the most common ones being produced by Delta. And evidently one can buy a Y cable in order to connect two of these in parallel to provide even more power to the computer. It seems that this is a popular ploy by gamers. I can't imaging needing 660 watts for a laptop, even one as big as mine. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug