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[-] narc0tic_bird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'd imagine you'd have a hard time using USB power banks to form a battery that resembles (for example) a MacBook Air battery:

MacBook Air battery

Considering most power banks use 18650 cells or similar (but even if they are thinner), I can't really see how you'd form a battery pack that fills the space effectively on most notebooks anyway.

It's also a lot of work finding the correct cells to use (form and size wise), ordering them, if it's in a power bank prying that apart, desoldering the old and soldering in the new cells. >= 99% of all people would purchase complete, fitting battery packs for their model of laptop.

this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2023
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