HyperMac external battery powers MacBooks for 32 hours
By Nilay Patel 
posted May 4th 2009 12:59PM
posted May 4th 2009 12:59PM
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a quality charger for all the macies..now if apple could just come up with a a battery that doesn't explode
The exploding batteries came from Sony....
Should probably read now if only Sony could manufacture a battery that doesn't explode, since they provide batteries to most of the industry including apple. I am sure you can recall the flaming laptop news stories a few years ago.
NOW MAKE IT INTERNAL :-/
Meh. Here's the real deal for all you applets: http://a763.g.akamai.net/7/763/1644/3/app.infopia.com/img/image/fp/VPID/2856507/img3/img.jpg
that's still small. I've been using this for a while and it's 444kwh.
http://www.batterygeek.net/product-p/spps-19-444_batterygeek.htm
I needs this pack to power my 20W halogen bicycle loght that I made
i need this pack to power my robot suit.
i do a lot of recording outdoors, mostly for sound design for movies or other projects, I would love to have this portable battery pack, more recording time (especially since i power pre-amps and use condenser mics (need phantom power supply which is a total drain on my battery.))
maybe im the only demographic that could actually use this
It sounds like some folks are actually calling their beloved Apple irresponsible. How dare they! Apple is only responsible for the happy things. The bad things are not their responsibility. Faulty part? Not their fault as they only design the thing, they didn't build it.
First - to say this is a pos.
"Sure, I'd love an ultraportable laptop... what? I have to lug around a backpack with a car battery in it to power it for 'longer'? And you want HOW MUCH?"
I'd rather get something with a USER REPLACEABLE BATTERY (yeah, that was a jab at apple - it was a very very stupid and enviro-unfriendly move). Two extended user-replaceable batteries will do 25h+ (together) on newer ultraportables (see: X200/X300 and upcoming Lenovo offerings)
MBA FTL
P.S. FTP
@RoboDan - You are clueless.
@purezerg - Wow, very cool. 444Wh.. Yeah, baby!
Why would you pay 150 bucks for a car charger? Why wouldn't you just buy an inverter and use the charger that came with the MBP?
because most mactards arint that smart
To help fix the economy, duh! I'm doing my part by coating all my electronics in gold: http://www.instablogsgallery.com/gallery/2007/09/28/gold-macbook-pro-2_48.jpg
Because not everyone has logic like that.
Personally I have a nice 500 watt inverter, but you can get a cheap 100 watt one for 20 bucks. http://notebookcables.stores.yahoo.net/10cardcpoini.html
@Who?: That MacBook looks sweet! And will definitely contribute to the economy.
And I do the inverter thing all of the time, it's really not that hard.
You know I thought the exact same thing when I read the "splurging on a car charger" part. I think I got this power inverter 2 pack from Sam's Club a couple of years ago for $20-25. And the first one I opened still works.
"And puts lumps in your brain in just under 10"
Now someone just needs to develop a backpack slot for theses things and life would be grand
NOW THAT'S INNOVATION.
this is NOT innovation, its putting a huge (heavy) battery into a white case. Innovation is when a device is made smaller, faster, more stable etc...
This could be done with ANY laptop, its just that they chose to make it for macs.
Besides, the people who made this decided there were not enough crazy PC people to carry around a HUGE battery...............so they released it for mac
I believe "papari" was being sarcastic.
or I hope so. :P
this pretty much wins.
This sounds like a good product for laptops ... but the price
is a little too high ... needs to be cut in half ...
ahhh the eye sore its ugly, its horrible, its an abomination!!!!
Yeah, I know. Though the battery pack is pretty ugly too I guess : /
My wall outlet is also external and blows away this for capacity.
Not all of us live in our moms basement. Some of us actually travel.
how many "moms" do you have? Shuttle baby?
not all of us travel coach
Can this be brought onto a plane? That's the only place I see it being useful.
I suppose you could bring it on with you after you've been arrested for allegedly trying to bring in a bomb.
How long will it charge just my iPhone for. Would be cool to have on some long campin trips if we could keep our two iPhones charged for the week. Depending on how heavy it is.
Hey, 32 hours of fart drops. Awesome.
i think you can buy a generic battery pack that will do the exact same for about 100-200$ instead of paying apple of this crap.
500$?????
i just bought my Thinkpad x200 for 830$
You aren't paying apple. It's a third party vendor. Relax,
You can buy a car battery for $50. Either way you're going to break your back lugging it around.
But a car battery is like acid and all kinds of crazy shit, this is Li-ion.
Both can catch fire.
The new iCarBattery. Charges iPods, iMacs, iPhones, and MBPs for hours. For no added charge, will also seemingly reduce the weight of your portable electronics to nothing.
These could come in handy when on remote location shoots. We may consider getting a couple. Thanks Gizmodo.
Wow - or you could get one of these
http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=UPB90
Which have been around for like three years and do exactly the same thing for less.
I guess it's not a Mac product if it's not shiny and says 'Mac' on it somewhere.
Except that there is a difference between 90 Wh and 222...
typical mactard: my macbook pro can run up to 9 hours, and with this 500 dollar battery, i can have it run for 40 hours!
any one with common sense: er... you can find the money to buy all that crap, but cant find an outlet in forty hours?
typical mactard: my macbook air is so thin and light. now with this battery pack, i can last forty hours!
any one with common sense: so how does it feel having extra five pound, when your laptop only weighs three?
laptop battery isnt like oxygen supply in outer space. i dont think anyone needs forty hours of battery on them
These things look great for situations like camping outdoors. They would enable ample energy supply for watching DVDs and surfing using a 3G connection. $499 for the top one is a bit steep, but it's still a good product.
i don't know about you, but this problem could have been solved with:
1) removable batteries (in the case of the Air)
2) 9 or 12 cell batteries- they're usually much cheaper than this, but they do add weight to a laptop
3) AC/DC power supplies that can work in cars, airplanes, and AC outlets. Every other company offers one with their laptops (and Targus has one that works with most laptops) Apple, however, does not. Heck, it'd be nice if Apple licensed Magsafe to other companies, but they don't. Sometimes it feels to me like no one at Apple is thinking with their head.
the pricing is very similar to apple products as well. there is almost no way i can justify spending that much when i can just buy another battery for less. Granted the functionality looks amazing, and i really want one. ohh the economy...
will you please stop trying to fucking sell us your life story james fuck off singleton