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Anyone miss magsafe
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Magsafe is better than the current connector. Consolation prize is that the power connector plugs into any USB port which has come in handy a number of times already.
I am honestly indifferent to magsafe. I have never had an "incident" and have often been in harm's way. Maybe it's the way I use it usually. It's usually on my desk charging or on the go without a charging cable. In the few times I'm charging in some foreign place, I'm a little more cognizant and don't leave it in a compromising situation. It's just a little common sense.
Would I rather have it than not, probably for insurance. But the real test is that the Belkin is available out there for $40. If people actually felt that strongly, every MBP sold would also mean a sale of a Belkin breaksafe. I don't think that's the case. It's just another thing to complain about because of the price, which is valid. But put your money where you typing is and just buy a Belkin.
Would I rather have it than not, probably for insurance. But the real test is that the Belkin is available out there for $40. If people actually felt that strongly, every MBP sold would also mean a sale of a Belkin breaksafe. I don't think that's the case. It's just another thing to complain about because of the price, which is valid. But put your money where you typing is and just buy a Belkin.
I've always been super careful with my Macbooks and paranoid every time one of my kids came near, so I really don't see the need for Magsafe personally. However, I can see it's value for the many who may not be as super careful as I am.
I thought Magsafe was a great concept. The one thing I miss about the new USB C chargers is not having the little light to tell me if my MBP is fully charged at a quick glance.
No way. MagSafe was terrible.
- It is a single purpose port.
- Plus the cord gets damaged easily. Give me the USB-C ports any day of the week. My 2015 12" MB cord still works to this day and has zero damage.
- Being able to plug into any port and power my device is more important to me than charging with a Magnet.
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I've yanked mine off a couple of times over the years, so it's helped me avoid tripping, nevermind the MBP.
I hated MagSafe. The chargers were of poor build quality and the magnet on my rMBP isn't strong. Good riddance, imho
Well that was surprising. Not quite the "fair and balanced" responses I expected. No posts with fanboy accusations? Or a significant number of pro magsafe posts at all. WTF is this forum coming to?
I understand not liking the single use port but when you are charging you loose a port anyways. Do you really ever use all the ports on your MBP at the same time?
I have heard people complaining about how fragile the magsafe cord is but I haven't had any issue with my on my 2012 MBP. My magnet is also not prone to being weak as many complain about.
I was just interested to see how many missed the feature on the new MBPs since there are lots of complaints about various things they took away from it to make it smaller.
They should add an optional charging indicator to the touch bar. That'd be cool, considering I always use my apps in full-screen which covers the status bar.
There is a precedent for a light on the computer. The Clamshell iBook has an LED ring around the charging port with the familiar yellow/orange charging indicators. The "large" barrel jack used with these, all the Powerbook G3s, and the PowerBook 3400 never had an LED in the charger itself. When Apple switched from the "puck" type chargers to the now familiar white block accompanied by a small barrel jack, we got a ring LED on the plug itself and-as they say-the rest is history.
Granted that was a different time and place. My 15" non-Retina is smaller in nearly every dimension than a Clamshell-if it's set on top of a clamshell the corners stick out past the edge, although the clamshell is still wider at its widest point.
Yeah but the killer feature for me was that I could see the light while it was closed. On these '16's, soon as you open it's on, so no point. That tb indicator might help if you're docked and have it open while sleeping. Consolation is that it powers up and wakes up so fast, it's not as big of a deal. Come to think of it, I miss those 5 little lights on the side that gave charge status.
I miss that it's not there but I plan on getting the Griffin or Bellingham (can't remember which) Breaksafe cable when they come out with the version for slightly more power.
I'm coming from a 12" MB so... I got used to not using any ports but I did buy a USBC to lightening cable just in case I needed it.
The engineers should have put one on there. I can just imagine some crazy meeting when the engineers told management that the computer weighed 4.001 pounds. The response back "that's not good enough". Well if we remove the mag safe power adapter then we can get it to 4.0005 pounds. Still not good enough..."well we could remove the USB-A port". "Excellent, that's the way we should move forward. The consumers are just going to love how light it is"
MagSafe was a good idea, but Apple's cables were bad and MagSafe implementation was so-so. Now we need to think about 3rd party cables with MagSafe-like functionality, but at least they'll be durable and not proprietary.
Lose one, get two. I think it's a win overall. If Apple's original Magsafe charger wasn't such a piece of sht... I'd miss it.
Lose one, get two. I think it's a win overall. If Apple's original Magsafe charger wasn't such a piece of sht... I'd miss it.