Can I just point out that 99% of the time I use my laptop plugged into the mains.
I was in the local library yesterday. Loads of kids using their laptops (Apple, Samsung, you name it) and ALL of them plugged into the mains.
So we all lug a power brick around with us, and a lot of us use it all the time.
This guy did an amazing job on that C64 and to say otherwise is churlish in the extreme.