And despite the article author's claim, the old style connectors also frayed, usually right at the strain relief. In my experience, while the magsafe style stra

And despite the article author's claim, the old style connectors also frayed, usually right at the strain relief. In my experience, while the magsafe style strain relief isn't perfect (it's showing a little wear after two years), it's lightyears ahead of the old barrel connector which required replacing every 9 months.