Comments on: Why don’t iMacs have batteries? http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/17/imac-batteries Like a Themepark of random information. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:41:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Thomas http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/17/imac-batteries#comment-142904 Thomas Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:40:15 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/17/imac-batteries#comment-142904 Thanks for the tip. :) I still think Apple should put one inside. Thanks for the tip. :) I still think Apple should put one inside.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/17/imac-batteries#comment-142823 Bryan Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:08:20 +0000 http://www.twistermc.com/blog/2007/07/17/imac-batteries#comment-142823 Well, I hate to say it, but...buy a UPS. You can get one for much less than $100, and many will have a usb connection for the computer. With the right software, the UPS will tell the computer main power is off so that unattended computers can automatically shut themselves off. I would suspect OSX has drivers for this available, if not built into the OS, since it is also the basis for OSX Server edition. Apple would be making pretty weak server software if they couldn't communicate with a UPS. Well, I hate to say it, but…buy a UPS. You can get one for much less than $100, and many will have a usb connection for the computer. With the right software, the UPS will tell the computer main power is off so that unattended computers can automatically shut themselves off.

I would suspect OSX has drivers for this available, if not built into the OS, since it is also the basis for OSX Server edition. Apple would be making pretty weak server software if they couldn’t communicate with a UPS.

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