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I don't plan to go back to MagSafe. I have multiport USB-C chargers all round my house and don't really want to buy lots of cables or proprietary chargers to ad

I don't plan to go back to MagSafe. I have multiport USB-C chargers all round my house and don't really want to buy lots of cables or proprietary chargers to add to the mix. I'm sticking with USB-C even if it's slower. SD cards I don't use. And HDMI I rarely use so dongles are fine, but it's nice to have I guess!

skohan 5y ago
Agree on the chargers. SD card is great if you do anything wit Raspberry Pi's and photos.
- dmt0 5y ago
  Or buy an adapter like this https://www.amazon.ca/BASEQI-aluminum-microSD-Adapter-MacBook/dp/B012F38H9A https://www.amazon.ca/BASEQI-aluminum-microSD-Adapter-MacBoo... and have yourself some extra storage expansion. Might be slow, but good for things you access rarely.
yellowapple 5y ago
In a similar boat re: chargers. It's fantastic being able to grab any ol' USB-C charger (of sufficient power) and charge just about any modern laptop short of maybe the beefier gaming laptops / portable workstations (I haven't tried charging my Dell G5 via USB-C, for example, so maybe it'd work, but I ain't betting on it).
thallium205 5y ago
They said you can still charge it via USB-C as well as the magsafe. Your choice.
spuz 5y ago
If I chose to buy the 14" model which comes with a 96W USB-C power adapter, does anyone who has experience of Apple products know if I could still use my existing 65W usb charger to power or charge the MacBook? My Dell XPS 15 does allow me to charge it with a 65W USB-C charger which is nice when I don't want to lug around the beefy 130W power adapter but I do have to be careful not to stress the CPU too much or it will start draining the battery. I wonder whether MacBooks have a similar "graceful fallback".
- diebeforei485 5y ago
  The new Macbook Pros support charging through the USB-C ports or the MagSafe port. You should be fine using the USB-C ports with your adapter. It's as of yet unclear how well the MagSafe cable would work with your adapter.
- krrrh 5y ago
  My 2016 MacBook Pro came with an 87W charger and I always run it off a monitor that supplies 60W over thunderbolt and it never drains. I used to mostly run it off a 45W charger and would only see it slowly drain if I was really pushing it with compiles.
  - spuz 5y ago
    Thanks, that's just what I wanted to know.
manmal 5y ago
The other end of the new MagSafe cable is a USB-C plug, so that should be fine.
phkahler 5y ago
I don't have any USB-C but I've got some MagSafe. Unfortunately this is MagSafe3 so I assume that means buying new chargers. I like the SD and HDMI, but IMHO they are still missing "standard" USB ports which are used by most flash storage devices. It's not even about the cost of buying new devices for me, it's about someone handing me an SD or a thumb drive with some data on it and being able to just use it. Apple is very very poor when it comes to that.
- Tsiklon 5y ago
  Interestingly Apple now sell Magsafe3 -> USB-C Cables.
beltsazar 5y ago
Yeah I don't even use any USB-C charger to power my MBP. My USB-C monitor delivers 90W to the MBP.

skohan 5y ago

Agree on the chargers. SD card is great if you do anything wit Raspberry Pi's and photos.

dmt0 5y ago
Or buy an adapter like this https://www.amazon.ca/BASEQI-aluminum-microSD-Adapter-MacBook/dp/B012F38H9A https://www.amazon.ca/BASEQI-aluminum-microSD-Adapter-MacBoo... and have yourself some extra storage expansion. Might be slow, but good for things you access rarely.

yellowapple 5y ago

In a similar boat re: chargers. It's fantastic being able to grab any ol' USB-C charger (of sufficient power) and charge just about any modern laptop short of maybe the beefier gaming laptops / portable workstations (I haven't tried charging my Dell G5 via USB-C, for example, so maybe it'd work, but I ain't betting on it).

thallium205 5y ago

They said you can still charge it via USB-C as well as the magsafe. Your choice.

spuz 5y ago

If I chose to buy the 14" model which comes with a 96W USB-C power adapter, does anyone who has experience of Apple products know if I could still use my existing 65W usb charger to power or charge the MacBook? My Dell XPS 15 does allow me to charge it with a 65W USB-C charger which is nice when I don't want to lug around the beefy 130W power adapter but I do have to be careful not to stress the CPU too much or it will start draining the battery. I wonder whether MacBooks have a similar "graceful fallback".

diebeforei485 5y ago
The new Macbook Pros support charging through the USB-C ports or the MagSafe port. You should be fine using the USB-C ports with your adapter. It's as of yet unclear how well the MagSafe cable would work with your adapter.
krrrh 5y ago
My 2016 MacBook Pro came with an 87W charger and I always run it off a monitor that supplies 60W over thunderbolt and it never drains. I used to mostly run it off a 45W charger and would only see it slowly drain if I was really pushing it with compiles.
- spuz 5y ago
  Thanks, that's just what I wanted to know.

manmal 5y ago

The other end of the new MagSafe cable is a USB-C plug, so that should be fine.

phkahler 5y ago

I don't have any USB-C but I've got some MagSafe. Unfortunately this is MagSafe3 so I assume that means buying new chargers. I like the SD and HDMI, but IMHO they are still missing "standard" USB ports which are used by most flash storage devices. It's not even about the cost of buying new devices for me, it's about someone handing me an SD or a thumb drive with some data on it and being able to just use it. Apple is very very poor when it comes to that.

Tsiklon 5y ago
Interestingly Apple now sell Magsafe3 -> USB-C Cables.

beltsazar 5y ago

Yeah I don't even use any USB-C charger to power my MBP. My USB-C monitor delivers 90W to the MBP.