Re: R60 A/C adapter

[schen]

A new R60 was delivered to me today at work, so for the next several months I'll get to play with it and see what I think. I do have a quick question or all you R Series users though. I noticed that my unit has a different A/C Adapter than the R40 that's in my living room. This one has a different plug and is rated at 65W/20V. Does anybody know when the change over occurred? And what else is different on this machine than the earlier units?

[Fusion]

Hi Schen, glad you're able to try out an R60!
I'm not sure when they changed the adapters but somewhere I read that the 20V version recharges batteries faster and the plug changed so that if you have more Thinkpads around, you don't make a mistake in plugging in the wrong one.
I'll try to remember the source of my information.

[Brad]

This new adapter has appeared to have appeared with the new series of laptops such as the new T60's, R60's, X60's and please correct me if I am wrong the Z series. The barrel appears larger. A real pain as I have been using the same adapters since the 770's and up. I have several around, work, home, other home, and travel bag. Things change. They don't seem to change as much with ThinkPad's though until now.

Brad

[snessiram]

You might want to read this: So Why Did My AC Adapter Change?

[schen]

You might want to read this: So Why Did My AC Adapter Change?

Thanks... I was pretty sure I knew why as soon as I saw that the new adapter was 20v, but just wanted to know when it happened so I'll know how far up the line I'll be able to go before I have to get a bunch of new adapters. Good article never-the-less; I like the smaller adapter quite a bit.