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> "Can you help me understand why you believe that Apple needed to move to USB-C to on the computer end in order to make a cable removable at the power supply e
by Reason077 7y ago
> "Can you help me understand why you believe that Apple needed to move to USB-C to on the computer end in order to make a cable removable at the power supply end?"
The thing is, once you make the cable detachable at both ends, it eliminates the need for MagSafe in the first place.
A USB-C laptop will not go flying across the room if someone trips on the cable, because the cable will detach at either or both ends before that happens.
- clintonb 7y agoThat's not quite true. The USB-C port is pretty strong relative to MagSafe. Depending on the surface where my laptop is resting, the laptop will move before the cable detaches.
- BurningFrog 7y agoI'm not going to test this, but I seriously doubt it. My 13" MacBook is very light, and I can even lift it half way with the USB-C cable. Pretty certain it would fly to the floor if my feet swept the cable that way. Of course, I don't have it set up so that can happen.
- Reason077 7y agoGood point about the MacBook - they're much lighter than my MacBook Pro. I'm surprised you can actually pick it up by the cable, however! The fit of the power cable in the USB-C ports on my (2017) 13" Pro is very loose - in fact, sometimes the power cable slips out on it's own with even a small movement. Maybe this has changed in the 13" MacBook?
- BurningFrog 7y agoI can't fully lift it off the table, but it gets pretty close. The fit of my TOTU dongle cable is pretty tight, I guess, now that I think about it.