Why no external power supply like laptops?

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PassiveMan
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Why no external power supply like laptops?

Post by PassiveMan » Thu Jan 30, 2003 1:08 am

The latest notebooks from Sony and many other manafacturers have a massive 16.1" TFT, Mobile P4 2.4 chip (40-50 watts), 60GB HD, CD/CDRW combo drive, and all this is powered from a external PS. So how comes a desktop PC cannot be powered externally?

The notebook metioned above must draw quite a lot of power considering it is powering the TFT panel too. If a desktop PC had two external PS then it could quite adequetly power most systems. One PS could power the mobo and the other for things like HD, Optical drives etc.

shiva
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Re: Why no external power supply like laptops?

Post by shiva » Thu Jan 30, 2003 8:42 am


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