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If my laptop already had usb-c and could be charged through it, why would I want an extra, different format charging port? Why not add a micro-usb one, for thre
by EL_Loco 7y ago
If my laptop already had usb-c and could be charged through it, why would I want an extra, different format charging port? Why not add a micro-usb one, for three different charging ports?
- jakereps 7y agoI read their message as saying USB-C with MagSafe technology to prevent the cord from pulling the machine off your desk if tripped over, and not two separate ports. Basically as it exists but a modification to the cable or connector to have magnetic breakaways or something?
- EL_Loco 7y agoCould be, yeah, but I can't see how to implement that with USB's friction model of retention.
- darkpuma 7y agoPresumably people think the magsafe connection is better. I wonder about that though. I have a magsafe mac and my cable wears out after a year or two. Do the USB-C charging cables have the same problem?
- w0mbat 7y agoMagsafe 2 seems better than either version of Magsafe 1 (there was straight and then right-angled). I broke a ton of those Magsafe 1 chargers over the years, have yet to break a Magsafe 2 charger.