Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap...
by ddingus on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @06:16PM
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>>This design already does the best job in the industry at handling hard yanks——that's what MagSafe is for.
Absolutely not.
I use a MacBook Pro, with the MagSafe feature hard, right along with a Lenovo higher end laptop. They both travel, they both get the same treatment.
I have gone through several Apple chargers. I have had exactly ONE Lenovo charger. The same was true for my older T60P and it's charger. In fact, that one is still like new, despite 10 years of use.
I like the MagSafe, and it has prevented a few strong yanks, or trips over the cord from damaging the Mac, but it's also prone to failure in the wire near the MagSafe connector, just as it's prone to failure in the wire near the charger assembly.
Interestingly, the Lenovo chargers ship with a nice Velcro wire retainer that is intended to be used right after WRAPPING THE WIRE FIRMLY around the charger. And the Lenovo devices have both easily gone a couple thousand use cycles, the older one maybe a couple more.
There really isn't a single metric, other than size, that favors the Apple charger in my use case.
Absolutely not.
I use a MacBook Pro, with the MagSafe feature hard, right along with a Lenovo higher end laptop. They both travel, they both get the same treatment.
I have gone through several Apple chargers. I have had exactly ONE Lenovo charger. The same was true for my older T60P and it's charger. In fact, that one is still like new, despite 10 years of use.
I like the MagSafe, and it has prevented a few strong yanks, or trips over the cord from damaging the Mac, but it's also prone to failure in the wire near the MagSafe connector, just as it's prone to failure in the wire near the charger assembly.
Interestingly, the Lenovo chargers ship with a nice Velcro wire retainer that is intended to be used right after WRAPPING THE WIRE FIRMLY around the charger. And the Lenovo devices have both easily gone a couple thousand use cycles, the older one maybe a couple more.
There really isn't a single metric, other than size, that favors the Apple charger in my use case.