I've seen these magnetic power cords on water boilers for a long time. We got one from Asia in the 90s. http://www.zojirushi.com/products/cvdyc http://www.zoj

I've seen these magnetic power cords on water boilers for a long time. We got one from Asia in the 90s. http://www.zojirushi.com/products/cvdyc http://www.zojirushi.com/products/cvdyc That may have merited a patent (if it wasn't already invented, and I suspect it was), but Apple's implementation does not.