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The power connectors got better -- from the standard DC barrel (weak) to a hybrid RCA/headphone jack thingy (stout, but rough on the cord) to the magsafe, where
by wiredfool 4y ago
The power connectors got better -- from the standard DC barrel (weak) to a hybrid RCA/headphone jack thingy (stout, but rough on the cord) to the magsafe, where now it's just the cables that go bad.
The ports got better too -- I killed a couple of the old RS422 serial ports on the duo (printer/modem port), but none of the USBs have ever gotten knocked off the board. At least with the duo, the dock connector had a big physical latch separate from the massive electrical connector.
- kitsunesoba 4y agoAhh yes how could I forget MagSafe. That was a huge improvement. I’ve seen some people modding old thinkpads to use USB-C for charging instead of those old barrel connectors that love to get loose over time and break. I wonder how practical it would be to do that for pre-MagSafe PowerBooks/MacBooks.