I prefer the L shaped charger way better, every time I ever move this machine or my finger hits the charger area it comes right off....what a poor design to go back to, anyone else notice?
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
2012 Air charger sucks, keeps coming off
- Thread starter GadgetGeek407
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
I've seen this complaint a billion times already.
It's just a charger. Get the cheap converter if you really hate it that much.
It's just a charger. Get the cheap converter if you really hate it that much.
Probably the first accurate article from the NYT in years:
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/one-of-apples-best-ideas-ever-made-worse/
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/30/one-of-apples-best-ideas-ever-made-worse/
Please, the charger now works as it should've years ago. If you trip over your cable, it actually comes off the MBA and doesn't drag it over the table. I don't understand what all the fuss is about. The L-shape was a design error in the first place.
I prefer the L shaped charger as well. I have never had a problem with the L shaped charger taking my mac with it when someone trips over the cord, it always popped right out. With the T shaped chargers some of the ways I hold my MBA it can get in the way and/or pop out. But with the L shaped charger I don't even really notice that it is plugged in.
I've had it happen a few times and was glad it did. The cable got snagged behind something. Luckily it disconnected so I didn't damage the cable.
I'd be more worried about the heat not being able to get out the back of the laptop when using it on your bed (sheets/pillow folding around the laptop blocking the air in-/outlets). Be careful with that as well as putting it on other soft items.
To give you an idea: with the previous L-shaped connector you could lift up your notebook a couple of centimetres from the table and it didn't disconnect at all. The current design does not allow for this as it disconnects immediately.
Mine works fine, it charges, it disconnects if the cord is yanked or the laptop is moved violently.
Can't say I have had any issues with it just falling off with normal use.
Can't say I have had any issues with it just falling off with normal use.
I think what you folks are not realizing is on the new charger you can slightly move it up or down and it comes off very easily. In the case of when you have it on your lap and anything touches it, it comes off. Whereas on the older one up and down kept it tight side to side took it easily. Preference I suppose!!
It's supposed to disconnect when you put force on it, that was the entire reason that they introduced Magsafe in the first place 6 years ago.
Not (just) because magnets are cool.
I would suggest the next time you're itching to reply, that you actually understand the complaint first.
No, it doesn't. If yours comes of that easily, it's not magnetized enough. I have to "use some force" to get it off.
I do understand the complaint. It's been a complaint posted repeatedly since the Magsafe 2 machines were released.
Magsafe was designed to disconnect when force is applied to save the computer.
When that computer was a 2006 model Macbook Pro that weighed 5.6 pounds, that connection could be pretty strong and still do its job.
Now that connection has to do its job with an 11" Macbook Air that weighs just 2.3 pounds.
It's a compromise between nuisance disconnects and reliably disconnecting when it needs to to save the computer from flying off a table.
Same here. If anything, the MagSafe is too strong. I grunt when I pull that sucker off.