[TriLUG] hp laptop power problem

[Kevin Hunter]

At 11:44am -0400 Sat, 06 Aug 2011, Wm F wrote:
> As far as Apple and their nifty break away jacks go I am pretty sure
> they have a patent and that's why you don't see them anywhere else.

They do: patent #7,311,526

http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7311526.PN.&OS=PN/7311526&RS=PN/7311526

Though I personally will likely never buy a Mac for philosophical 
reasons, one must give credit where credit is due.  If nothing else, 
Macs are *sexy* machines.  Kudos are definitely in order to the 
inventors listed for a brilliant idea, while a "bummer" is in order for 
the schlubs of us who won't buy Apple products.

The grass *is* greener over there.  Sigh.

Kevin