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Hillsdale
03-31-09, 04:58 PM
Im going on a flight with 110v plug in's in ever second row, my Macbook has a two prong plug in but on it it says "125v" will it be too much to handle (the planes plug in that is) or will it just recharge at a slower rate?

ou_phidelt
03-31-09, 09:24 PM
Don't they make an airplane adaptor for them?

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I don' know what generation your system is but, click me (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB441Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDEwMQ&mco=MjE0ODI2OQ).

Hillsdale
04-01-09, 12:01 AM
no its just a two prong 110v it says on the site?

juane414
04-01-09, 09:47 AM
I doubt your Macbook is only capable of running one voltage. My wife's 5 year old PowerBook G4 says 110~240v on the power supply. My Dell power supply says the same. Both of our power supplies are universal and they work in Korea, where we are currently living, with only a prong adapter. I would look on the power supply of your Macbook and see what voltage range it is capable of.

Hillsdale
04-01-09, 05:20 PM
it says "input 100-240v~1.5A 50-60 Hz"

so i should be ok?

juane414
04-01-09, 10:32 PM
Yea you should be just fine. If it's capable of going as low as 100v then you should be fine at 110v. Like I said, my power supply has a 100~240v range and it works fine in the US at 120v and works fine here in Asia at 220v.

Hillsdale
04-02-09, 10:05 AM
So that was the correct information i was seeing?

juane414
04-02-09, 11:00 AM
Yea, you should be fine. I would be more concerned with the max wattage output of the airplane outlet and the wattage requirement of your laptop. If your laptop isn't getting enough watts then it won't recognize that it's plugged in and it probably won't charge. I think the adapters are made to fix that problem more so than the difference of 10 volts.

hafa
04-02-09, 04:15 PM
You'll have no problem; I use them all of the time with many different laptops; no issues whatsoever.