Thanks kindly for the detailed response. Trying to think of another solution. There are cigarette socket travel chargers like this http://www.ebay.ca/itm/IBM-Lenovo-ThinkPad-R61-T61-X61-Z61-90W-CAR-CHARGER-/270641665038?pt=Laptop_Adapters_Chargers&hash=item3f0380140e on ebay... but 16v output, would...

So, I have a T61 and this anker power supply http://www.ianker.com/product/79AN7906-BA which outputs 12v at 1.5 amps. My understanding is that the battery operates at 10.4v and the ac adapter puts out 20v at 4.5amps, with the machine operating somewhere around 16v. I'm wondering if would be possible...

After a seven year hiatus from geekdom I am setting up a linux only machine, a T61 with 2gigs of ram and a SSD disk that will be used only for work. Word processing, email etc. Nothing too intense but as it a work machine I would like it to be snappy with a highly functional desktop environment and ...