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The concept of MagSafe has been around for decades. My old water pot from Japan had it. The only innovation here is Apple repurposing it for laptop computers.
by eugenekaneko 14y ago
The concept of MagSafe has been around for decades. My old water pot from Japan had it. The only innovation here is Apple repurposing it for laptop computers.
- k33l0r 14y agoAnd yet Apple has a patent on it… Not sure what to make of that.
- gergles 14y agoThe patent office will grant you a patent on $anything, as long as you add "...on a computer" or "...on the internet" or "...over a cellular network".
- pooriaazimi 14y agoAnd maybe (I don't know nothing about magnets) the fact that their magnet are very close to other silicon chips inside the MacBook AND the LCD display (It's LED, but technically they're almost the same).
- vacri 14y agoMagnets in laptops aren't a problem - spinning disc hard drives have strong magnets in them.