Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by gnicholas on Monday March 04, 2024 @04:11PM (#39596173)

I end up forgetting my charger when I go on trips because 99% of the time when I unplug my laptop at home (to use in a different room), I never need the charge cable. It used to be 50% of the time I'd take the cable with me, so I could be somewhere else for 2+ hours. Now I so rarely bring the charger that it just doesn't even occur to me when I'm unplugging the thing to pack.

It's night-and-day compared to the Intel MBPs.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by nicoburns on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:31PM (#39597977)

Now that laptops (including but not limited to macbooks) can charge via USB C I just have one charger that I take for both my phone and laptop. Sometimes I take two cables so I can charge both at once. Sometimes I don't bother.

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by gnicholas on Monday March 04, 2024 @08:00PM (#39598174)

My problem was that I brought a USB-C to lightning cable to charge my phone off my computer, but I forgot a USB-C brick (and magsafe or USB-C cable) so that my computer had power. Fortunately there were Apple employees at the conference and they let me borrow a charger while we were hanging out at the bar!

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Re:Apple unveils the new 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with th... by nicoburns on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @04:53PM (#39609593)

Ah yes, my phone is also USB-C which leaves less room for this kind of issue to occur.

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