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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by cowsandmilk on Friday April 17, 2015 @08:17AM (#9393791)
> all mobile chargers in the EU have to be of the same standard to reduce electronic waste.

And yet this is the first criticism of the macbook 2015 by iFixit. In their opinion, moving to USB-C is creating waste since you cannot reuse your magsafe adaptor with this new macbook. Then they state moving to USB-C will cause more accidental damage than using magsafe, thus creating more waste.

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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by rsynnott on Friday April 17, 2015 @08:42AM (#9393898)
I wonder is the new Macbook actually heavy enough for magsafe to work properly. Certainly, with the Air, it's pretty marginal; if the surface isn't very grippy you can pull the laptop with the cable without the magsafe disengaging.
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Re:Retina Macbook 2015 Teardown by TazeTSchnitzel on Friday April 17, 2015 @12:57PM (#9395595)
And with the new MacBook so light, robust and lacking in solid-state components, I wonder if it matters. You can trip over cables, unfortunately, but you probably won't hurt your laptop too badly if it falls off the table (though I wonder if the screen might smash).
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