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
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.
Never heard anyone saying his laptop broke because of lack of magsafe. Never.
Not only was it effective, it just 'felt' cool to hear that snap when you got the cable close enough.
Can't argue with you here. Typical Apple user I guess. The real reason to use Apple is because of how it feels. It doesn't matter how crappy or overpriced the product is, as long as it feels good.
Never heard anyone saying his laptop broke because of lack of magsafe. Never.
If you've never seen a laptop or any device fall because someone tripped on a cable, I would guess you haven't used it very often near kids, in airports, conference rooms at conventions or large companies, dogs, even my cat, and especially my wife.
My wife drops hers all the time. It's a serious risk if you use one on a couch or bed. Also, with kids and dogs running around, you get up, place it on the coffee table and someone runs near it and sends it on the floor. Only adults who are paying attention te
The only problem I've run into with MagSafe, is that after a 2 years or so (or actually depending on the environment you have it in), it seems to stop working. What is happening is that there is just enough dust and lint in the MagSafe connector in the MacBook that it won't charge. Sometimes the light won't turn green. My employer bought a few replacement MagSafe plugs and they worked just a few weeks and failed. Then we noticed the dust, we used one of those air blowers used to clean keyboards on the MagSafe hole in the MacBook. Worked perfectly. The old and new cables both worked fine.
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. It worked precisely as designed, produced less wear and tear from daily proper usage, and has saved MANY laptops.
Never heard anyone saying his laptop broke because of lack of magsafe. Never.
Not only was it effective, it just 'felt' cool to hear that snap when you got the cable close enough.
Can't argue with you here. Typical Apple user I guess. The real reason to use Apple is because of how it feels. It doesn't matter how crappy or overpriced the product is, as long as it feels good.
Mabye you have not been around kids, dogs or wives (Score:2)
Never heard anyone saying his laptop broke because of lack of magsafe. Never.
If you've never seen a laptop or any device fall because someone tripped on a cable, I would guess you haven't used it very often near kids, in airports, conference rooms at conventions or large companies, dogs, even my cat, and especially my wife. My wife drops hers all the time. It's a serious risk if you use one on a couch or bed. Also, with kids and dogs running around, you get up, place it on the coffee table and someone runs near it and sends it on the floor. Only adults who are paying attention te
Re:Mabye you have not been around kids, dogs or wi (Score:1)