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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by FractalParadigm on Sunday January 17, 2021 @10:00AM (#25811151)
All kinds of reasons - my biggest one being why MagSafe was invented in the first place; I know my power cord is run across the living room due to a lack of power outlets in my 70-year-old apartment, and gets tripped over regularly. Not to mention a proprietary charger can free up a USB port for additional peripherals.
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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by kube-system on Sunday January 17, 2021 @01:26PM (#25813335)
Tripping over a power cable was a problem created by a battery life that was shorter than a work day, IMO. I have been charging my M1 Mac at night, like my phone.
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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by behnamoh on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:13PM (#25813851)
Wait a couple years and you can say goodbye to your MBA superb battery capacity. Mine is now at 70% after only 3 years and less than 400 cycles. For all the buzz it receives, Apple does not really provide the highest quality. I’ve concluded that:

“Apple gives you awesome first impression and terrible relationship in the long term.”

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by kube-system on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:12PM (#25814460)
> “Apple gives you awesome first impression and terrible relationship in the long term.”

I’ve always heard the opposite. And in fact, my M1 Mac replaces an almost decade old MacBook.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by foldr on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:52PM (#25814268)
>Mine is now at 70% after only 3 year

70% of an M1 Macbook's battery capacity would still be enough to get you through a typical work day!

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by angott on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:43PM (#25814165)
This is a problem with all laptop batteries, not just Apple batteries.
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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by behnamoh on Sunday January 17, 2021 @03:06PM (#25814414)
I'm saying that the OP's reasoning for lack of magsafe is not relevant.
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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by mixmastamyk on Sunday January 17, 2021 @02:57PM (#25814306)
A power strip might help.
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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by waheoo on Sunday January 17, 2021 @10:29AM (#25811441)
For those that don't get it, CPUs can only have so many USB-c ports wired up, it's all trade offs.

Wiring a charger through different circuitry gives you an extra port.

It's also easier to pump more wattage through and tends to be a bit more durable because thicker connectors can be used.

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Re:Apple's MacBook revival plan: Bring back old features by dmitriid on Sunday January 17, 2021 @12:23PM (#25812616)
> For those that don't get it, CPUs can only have so many USB-c ports wired up

I don't get it. Why? And how many is "so many"?

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