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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1599653"><p>I think you're confusing a UPS with an adapter, and I think the Apple person you spoke with was confusing a UPS with a "surge protector strip" -- totally not the same thing!</p><p></p><p>A real UPS looks about the size of a small car's battery -- because that's essentially what it is.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/ups.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>This is what a basic one looks like, and here in Canada it would run about $50. What it does that a surge protector does NOT do is make the power uniform -- it protects against both TOO MUCH electricity <strong>and</strong> TOO LITTLE ("brownouts"), both of which can cause a great deal of damage to your computer (and it may already be too late for your machine's power supply, I would bet that this won't "fix" the problem but will just keep it from getting worse).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1599653"] I think you're confusing a UPS with an adapter, and I think the Apple person you spoke with was confusing a UPS with a "surge protector strip" -- totally not the same thing! A real UPS looks about the size of a small car's battery -- because that's essentially what it is. [IMG]http://www.kevinscrate.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/ups.jpg[/IMG] This is what a basic one looks like, and here in Canada it would run about $50. What it does that a surge protector does NOT do is make the power uniform -- it protects against both TOO MUCH electricity [B]and[/B] TOO LITTLE ("brownouts"), both of which can cause a great deal of damage to your computer (and it may already be too late for your machine's power supply, I would bet that this won't "fix" the problem but will just keep it from getting worse). [/QUOTE]
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