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USB carries both power and data, while MagSafe carries only power. This doesn't sound like a problem until you realize that the USB pins have to be unplugged in
by illicium 15y ago
USB carries both power and data, while MagSafe carries only power. This doesn't sound like a problem until you realize that the USB pins have to be unplugged in a strict order: data before power. This is enforced in the connector with varying pin lengths. With MagSafe, there is no guarantee of connection order.
- asadotzler 15y agoThat seems like an easily surmounted problem to me. A MacSafe-like connector could probably easily accomplish the same if there was a need for it.
- nikcub 15y agovariable pin length in the magsafe