Re:MacBook Pro
by pbhowmic on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:46PM
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My single biggest fear was that they would end the MagSafe and that has come to pass. 3 kids, 3 cats, 2 dogs, the MagSafe has saved my existing MacBook Pro so many times.
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Re:MacBook Pro
by brokencode on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:59PM
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There are magnetic connectors for USB C. Slight added expense, but at least Apple is using a standard connector
I can't believe they killed the MagSafe. This was an amazing innovation that has saved various laptops of mine over the years.
Re:MacBook Pro
by walterbell on Thursday October 27, 2016 @02:56PM
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Could someone make a MagSafe-to-USB-C adapter?
Someone already does. ZapTip etc.
But how often have we heard about issues? Short Circuits and even fires and it ended up being a non Apple Third Party acessory that was faulty and caused the issues?
Is it really that much to ask if one wants to use only official apple tech? One dedicated magsafe and this would have been a non issue. It can't have made the macbook thicker seeing as how small the magsafe is. They could have even mentioned in the keynote "and if you don't want to use the magsafe, charge your macbook from any of the usb-c devices" And simply put both charging options in the store so people could get a non magsafe usb-c is they wanted.