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Using a UFO power adapter with a 12" PowerBook?
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Jul 12, 2003, 08:20 PM
 
Just curious as to what my concerns should be. I checked the voltage and everything seems to be the same. I'd like to use two adapters and have an old UFO from my iBook.

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Jul 12, 2003, 08:32 PM
 
Go for it.
     
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Jul 13, 2003, 06:51 AM
 
I was under the impression this wouldn't work. Then again, I don't rightly know.
     
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Jul 13, 2003, 07:46 AM
 
As long as it's the new style ufo adapter and not the ones that came with the clamshell ibooks or the powerbook G3, it should work. Although I'm wondering if this wasn't the cause of a problem I encountered recently. My battery wouldn't charge all the way (went to 76% and stopped), and now that I think of it, I was using my wife's ufo adapter at the time. Hmm.
     
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Jul 13, 2003, 08:03 AM
 
Originally posted by Nep2ne:
Just curious as to what my concerns should be. I checked the voltage and everything seems to be the same. I'd like to use two adapters and have an old UFO from my iBook.

TIA.
You'll need an adapter to get it to work if it is the old style because the connector size is different. Luckily, MadsonLine makes one called The Generation Gap.
     
   
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