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    Best surge protector

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by xhero, Sep 19, 2010.

  1. xhero

    xhero Notebook Evangelist

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    I live in Florida so there are a lot of lightning strikes. What can I buy to protect my laptop from that? Will a basic surge protector do?
     
    xhero, Sep 19, 2010
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  2. s2odin

    s2odin Merrica!

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    i prefer battery backups from APC as they have auto shutdown features and other things like that. i'm used to having laptops that don't have the best battery life so having a battery backup helps a lot as does the auto shutdown feature.

    http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=prod1510062&history=pzp0xuh9|prodPage~15^freeText~apc^paramValue~true^refine~1^region~1^param~return_skus^return_skus~Y the 550v version starts having the auto shutdown feature i think. these can be had for $30 usually when they're on sale
     
    s2odin, Sep 19, 2010
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  3. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    seconded, brownouts are as dangerous as spikes
     
    crazycanuk, Sep 19, 2010
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    xhero Notebook Evangelist

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    Thanks. I picked up one yesterday. Works great so far.
     
    xhero, Sep 21, 2010
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