Flying with laptop. Do I need to buy airline adapter??

I am flying within US for the first time with my laptop. My flights are about 2 hr and 5 hrs with abt 2 hr wait time between the flights. Now thing is I dont have an airline adapter, and since this is a one time situation, I dont even want to pay for it. So you guys who have flown often, can you please tell me if there are going to be electricity sockets on airport to recharge the notebook once I am in-between my flights and if there will be, where to look for them???
Is there a cheap alternative to buying expensive HP airline/travel adapter, which they are selling for a fortune (abt $130), for my notebook???

 

what class are you traveling?bc 15" is too big to use it (comfortably) in economy class.

 

I've seen a few people managing to find power sockets in airports but they are not generally provided for the convenience of waiting passengers. If you say which airport then someone may have specific knowledge.

Before you buy an airline adapter, which airline and where are you sitting? You can probably find out if they have power sockets in the seats by looking at the airline's website.

Otherwise get a spare battery - it will be useful in the long term when your original battery dies.

John

 

I work at the airport in Reno, Nevada, as a slot attendant, and I see plenty of people every day charging their notebooks or cell phones in any wall plug they can find, as well as in the notebook charging/use areas they recently built with whole strips of plugs along the wall. I would think that most U.S. airports have plugs somewhere around you can borrow. You might have to sit on the floor, but it would still work.

I would definitely try to use a surge protector though, because if other airports are like ours, there is way too much stuff plugged into the whole airport and our electricity is way unstable (power surges mess up our connections with the server between our slot machines all the time, and they can't be good for computers either).

 

Actually I've even used my massive 17 inch notebook on economy class and it fits in.....snugly. As for plugs, you'd need to check the airline specifically to see if it offers plugs on the plane.

 

well lots of airports have free wifi hotspots, so the surrounding area should have outlets.