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Why are we back to MagSafe? I liked just having the usb-c on my air.
by ada1981 2y ago
Why are we back to MagSafe? I liked just having the usb-c on my air.
- kome 2y agomagasafe saved my laptop several times in the last 10 years
- paxys 2y agoYeah, while I don't mind MagSafe, I'd 100% want an extra USB-C port instead.
- atonse 2y agoIs there a particular use case where you'd need the extra (I'm assuming you're wanting this for on the go use cases, otherwise you'd probably use a hub at your "home" location)
- paxys 2y agoAny hub actually worth using (Thunderbolt ports, high enough charging wattage, dual displays, 2.5Gb Ethernet) will run you like $300-$400, which is almost half the price of the Macbook. I'd rather have a couple more ports on the device.
- jamespo 2y agoBut if the extra usb-c port is taken up by a charger what's the benefit? Also the air physically can't accomodate USB-A, ethernet, hdmi etc.
- paxys 2y agoYou're not charging your laptop 100% of the time. The Air runs like 12 hours or more on a single charge. A Magsafe port is useless all that time.
- dannyw 2y agoSay you're at an airport, waiting for your flight, and wanted to charge your iPhone and Airpods at the same time.
- gomox 2y agoThe 35W power adapter (included on all non-base models or a $20 option otherwise) has 2 USB-C ports which should cover this use case.
- s_dev 2y agoYou can charge with both. The USB-C stuff is due to EU regulations and MagSafe because people love it as a charging cable type.
- klausa 2y agoUSB-C on Macs is literally 10 years old this year, this has nothing to do with EU.
- ZeroCool2u 2y agoBoth work fine for charging, so seems like best of both worlds to me.
- dannyw 2y agoYou're very welcome to not use it. I am glad Apple stopped being so gung-ho, and started offering some options.