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> I completely disagree with everybody who raves about the importance of the mag-safe connector, I've never had a problem with the standard round port connector
by pwg 14y ago
> I completely disagree with everybody who raves about the importance of the mag-safe connector, I've never had a problem with the standard round port connector of my pc's
The advantage to the mag-safe connector is not evident at first. It only becomes evident when one day you are using your laptop while it is connected to the power cable, and someone else trips over/steps on/moves a chair in a way that eventually yanks on the far end of the power cable. Only once you see that happen in real life (to yourself or someone else) do you truly appreciate the advantage of the mag-safe connector.
- nmcfarl 14y agoIn 2002, a coworker who was late to a meeting and running through the office caught his leg on the non-MagSafe power cable for my iBook resulting in it slamming against a filing cabinet so hard that it both cracked the case, and started breifly, but literally, smoking. That was the end of that laptop. I firmly believe in MagSafe.
- ConstantineXVI 14y agoI've only ever had my magsafe pop off when I happen to pull it just a hair too far; but it's happily let me yank the laptop+cord off my desk a few times (thankfully, no damage)