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> if the cable gets frayed, you have to replace the entire power supply This is true for the existing design but it would have been easy to redesign the power
by thinkling 7y ago
> if the cable gets frayed, you have to replace the entire power supply
This is true for the existing design but it would have been easy to redesign the power supply to avoid it.
Just look at the other end: the wall-plug end has long been replaceable; it slides out so you can put on a different plug or a longer cable. This could be true on the MagSafe side as well -- then any Mac power supply could be used with any generation Mac, just by switching out the MagSafe/USB-C end.
- mstade 7y agoBut the MagSafe cable would serve exactly one purpose, whereas the usb-c cable does not. And now I can charge from Either side of the box too – great stuff! When my cable broke it wasn’t a big deal, I had an extra (shorter) cable I could use, and then go get a new one later. I’d be hard pressed to buy extra MagSafe cables to carry around just in case one broke, but the extra usb-c cables are actually useful or other things too.
- killjoywashere 7y agoWhat would be awesome is USB-C in a magsafe connector. Would the magnet interfere with the signal transmission at all?
- jonesetc 7y agoI don't think so, you can buy usb-c magnetic adapters right now and I haven't heard any issues with them.
- killjoywashere 7y agoBut you're not transmitting high speed data.
- zoom6628 7y agoCommon sense and good design will not rule over sales generation thru designed in obsolescence. I had to buy new adapter with mag-safe for my 2013 Air. Got a new MBP at work a few days later and the replaceable cable makes so much sense. Now just needs a cable maker to produce a USB-C to MagSafe cable.