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Surely the mag-safe cables shouldn't get so damaged, because the cable detaches from the laptop under significant strain? In terms of mag-safe on iOS devices,
by e-dard 15y ago
Surely the mag-safe cables shouldn't get so damaged, because the cable detaches from the laptop under significant strain?
In terms of mag-safe on iOS devices, I guess it's not feasible due to it transmitting data.
- bxr 15y agoThe strain to break the bond of the magnet is much more than the strain needed to bend the cable to an angle that will (over time) damage the wire. Ios transfers should prepared for a disconnection anyway, it is usb, plus power failures could take the host offline.
- radicaldreamer 15y agoIt's the plastic surrounding the cable as it connects to the magsafe magnetic connector that causes the problem.
- r00fus 15y agoThey've changed the design from a plug that attaches perpendicularly into the laptop (and has a serious strain point that is not adequately engineered around) to one that plugs in "parallel". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe This likely prevents strain by removing the probability that the cable is pulled at the strain point. It also looks cooler. Only downside is that it doesn't untether easily; it's that the selling point of MagSafe?
- BlueZeniX 15y agoI got my macbook pro last november with the new connector. The MagSafe connector is already broken. I attach/detach it maybe 3 times a day. Seeing everyone I know that has a macbook have his/her adapter fail, not getting a replacement and then having to buy a new one for 80 EUR I took extra care. Still the cable broke inside the connector! I've never had this problem with any other device or notebook. Seriously, power adapters should be simple and just work - except they don't for macbooks.
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- chopsueyar 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_%28mechanics%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsion_%28mechanics%29 Different kind of force.