Well after the discussion of auto/airline adapters for my PowerBook and a few suggestions of inverters, I went out to do some looking.
The local CompUSA (yeah, ick - I won't buy from them, by the way) has a few models from Targus and Kensington. They all put out 120V AC at various Wattages (from 50W to 120W).
The local Target has some (hitherto unheard-of by me) Vector brand inverters that output 110V AC at wattages up to something ridiculous like 300W.
So my question to you all is this:
Just how reliable are these devices? Will a generic inverter be reliable enough? 110V isn't a problem (heck, I doubt my household supply is an exact 120V), and the Apple AC adapter will handle down to 100V).
Given that the Vector inverters are easily 1/2 the price of the name brand stuff, I'm leaning towards them.
Unless, of course, inverters are a case of "you pay for what you get."
Fortunately a computer's power supply is one of the least picky about it's input power so any kind of inverter would do. I have a couple (not counting the one stolen) and they work just fine with computer power supplies. And I think one of them is a Vector.
For my laptop though I use an auto adapter. It means one less piece of equipment to set up. I frequently use it with a battery pack. I got my adapter here:
<http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=MTOS&Category_Code=ACCACAUTOADPT>
$25-30 depending on Mac model. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting
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