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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by JohnBooty on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @05:15PM (#37228622)
That's true. I forgot they brought Magsafe back. (Side note: I don't know why they couldn't just make a standard USB-C connector, except magnetic...)
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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by ctippett on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @07:58PM (#37230169)
Some of the new MacBooks require a charging port capable of greater than the current USB-C specification limit of 100W, that's likely one reason why they decided against coopting USB-C exclusively for charging.
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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by dwaite on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @10:06PM (#37231054)
USB-C now allows 240W
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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by ctippett on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @02:37AM (#37232526)
I wasn't aware, thanks!
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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by throwaway2037 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:19PM (#37230734)
About your side note: That seems physically impossible. Magsafe only has five pins, and is larger than USB-C, which has twenty-four pins. To me, USB-C is a modern miracle. It is so small, reasonably strong, reversible, and has very high pin density.
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Re:The first conformant M1 GPU driver by saagarjha on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @03:07AM (#37232730)
Amusingly the new MagSafe is based on USB-PD I believe, just in a different connector form factor. (The old was 1-wire I think?)
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