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    anything like a "battery docking station"?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by ChronoBodi, Dec 14, 2010.

  1. ChronoBodi

    ChronoBodi Notebook Consultant

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    the idea is this:

    we all know the sager 8690,8760, whatever, they all have weird integrated panel batteries that won't last squat.


    I say, what about an bigger battery that takes the form of a docking station and plugs in the same way as the little battery?

    Now, it WILL make the laptop 1 inch thicker, but that's the catch, but i would like the idea of a dock battery.

    Anyone at Sager get the memo?
     
    ChronoBodi, Dec 14, 2010
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    Paralel Notebook Evangelist

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    I've seen something like this before, except it was a mat shaped flexible battery that stuck to the bottom of your system, and it plugged into your power interface, rather than the battery interface.
     
    Paralel, Dec 15, 2010
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    ChronoBodi Notebook Consultant

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    is there a pic of this mat battery? sounds weird to me...
     
    ChronoBodi, Dec 15, 2010
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    you can certainly get external bateries that plug into the power port, designing an external battery for the battery port would require a unique battery for each laptop model and is never going to happen.
     
    theriko, Dec 16, 2010
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    The HP 8710w has a 12 cell battery which fits your description exactly. Of course, its HP.
     
    niffcreature, Dec 18, 2010
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    ChronoBodi Notebook Consultant

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    ah, what does it look like, the batteries that use the power ports?
     
    ChronoBodi, Dec 18, 2010
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    something like this
     
    theriko, Dec 18, 2010
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