"Of course, you stop worrying about that and wonder how the cable has managed to fray on this barely used drive:" This is because Apple cables miss the so call

"Of course, you stop worrying about that and wonder how the cable has managed to fray on this barely used drive:" This is because Apple cables miss the so called "strain relief". http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hvuhg/apple_why/c1yuah6 http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/hvuhg/apple_why/c1yuah... it is a design choice.