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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by SyneRyder on Sunday March 05, 2017 @02:48PM (#13798125)
Microsoft's own Surface Book uses something very like MagSafe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnIIuS0New

http://www.cultofmac.com/174993/microsoft-steals-apples-mags...

I've also been using MacBooks since 2006, and I love MagSafe - or at least, MagSafe 1 (haven't tried the more recent MagSafe 2).

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday March 05, 2017 @08:41PM (#13800138)
Try to keep MagSafe 2 connected in any circumstances other than flat and stable. Sitting on the couch or laying in bed no way, it constantly disconnects.

Good riddance.

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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by pfranz on Monday March 06, 2017 @01:31AM (#13801047)
I never had a magsafe2 laptop. I love magsafe1. I have no idea why they went through with changing it.
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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday March 06, 2017 @04:00AM (#13801525)
Probably something to do with shaving a billion of a millimetre off the thickness of the MacBooks
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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by WildGreenLeave on Monday March 06, 2017 @09:35AM (#13802839)
Probably, but they could have changed the adapter so the cable left the connector sideways like in Magsafe1.
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Re:Why I left Mac for Windows: Apple has given up by jhasse on Monday March 06, 2017 @09:35AM (#13802840)
So that you have to buy new chargers.
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