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I have never witnessed somebody tripping over a laptop charging cable - does that happen a lot for others?
by domano 6y ago
I have never witnessed somebody tripping over a laptop charging cable - does that happen a lot for others?
- omosubi 6y agoYes, but also pulling your laptop to where the cable is taut and having it yank out. I realized this is more of a hardware innovation
- semireg 6y agoOn the second day of ownership of the first MBP w/out MagSafe my father in-law tripped on the cable and it yanked the new MBP off the table and the force of the MBP bent the USB-C plug something nasty. The only way I’ll ever forgive Apple is if one of their C-suite exec personally calls me and tells me why on earth they did this. And we all know why... because MagSafe wasn’t Ive’s idea and since people loved it, he hated it.
- machiaweliczny 6y agoMy cat often pulls the cable and in panic it could destroy whole laptop (did not happen though).
- stefanfisk 6y agoI completely wrecked my PowerBook G4 by accidentally getting my leg on the wrong side of the cable when getting up from the couch in a hurry. It flew up in the air and landed on the floor at a weird angle, and after that it was forever bent...