Why not allow both? We're both speculating, but they gain nothing by removing USB-C charging and then can sell Apple branded battery packs down the road or at least say they support it. Tim Cook's apple seems more open to playing nicely with others.
Magsafe was awesome. Everyone loved it. It worked precisely as designed, produced less wear and tear from daily proper usage, and has saved MANY laptops. Not only was it effective, it just 'felt' cool to hear that snap when you got the cable close enough
Not everyone. In my opinion it fell off too easily. And like most Apple products of the time, the cable had no strain relief whatsoever so the cable would split and break next to the connector.
It's a neat solution but I can't recall ever tripping on a laptop power cable. Spinning hard drives are rare to find in laptops now, so there is much less chance of breakage even if a device does fall off a desk.
Proprietary or Nothing (Score:5, Interesting)
Why not both? (Score:5, Interesting)
Magsafe was awesome. Everyone loved it. It worked precisely as designed, produced less wear and tear from daily proper usage, and has saved MANY laptops. Not only was it effective, it just 'felt' cool to hear that snap when you got the cable close enough
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Magsafe was awesome. Everyone loved it.
Not everyone. In my opinion it fell off too easily. And like most Apple products of the time, the cable had no strain relief whatsoever so the cable would split and break next to the connector.
It's a neat solution but I can't recall ever tripping on a laptop power cable. Spinning hard drives are rare to find in laptops now, so there is much less chance of breakage even if a device does fall off a desk.
Re:Why not both? (Score:2)
And like most Apple products of the time, the cable had no strain relief whatsoever so the cable would split and break next to the connector.
I'm starting to think I'm the only person on the planet who never had this problem... Lucky me!