HyperMac to Halt Sales of MagSafe Charging Cables

[Luba]

BTW, how's the usability of the Hypermac? I love the idea never needing to look for an outlet when I walk into a Starbucks etc., but how does it work in real life (the weight, usability etc.)? I don't like the big re-charging brick, but then again I would just leave that at home. Is it heavy to carry to the point it defeats the purpose of having a light portable laptop?

I have the new 2010 15" MacBook Pro and they told me they would be including only the old style MagConnector for new MacBook Pros. They told me the olds ones would work. I'd prefer the new updated MagConnector, but sounds like they bought up a ton of the old style, and will be only selling those.

 

[FuNGi]

I bought one, too. And it works great for under $25.

I think they buy the magsafe tips from Apple and attach it to their own power-supply.

Patents are lame and all the big companies ignore them anyways.

No one can compete with Apple's manufacturing quality, patent or no patent.

Yes but these "working" offbrand magsafe chargers don't modulate the wattages used while charging the macbooks. That's one of hypermacs schticks. They deliver two different wattages during the charging session in order to conserve the battery life - this is why the first 90% of your battery chargin takes two hours or so and the last 10% of your battery charge takes 30 minutes. It conserves the life time of the battery.

@Luba
the new (90 degree) and old (180 degree) style magsafes work just fine on different macbook pros. I use both in my house as my girlfriend has the newer and faster machine now

 

[MagnusVonMagnum]

what a Shame. this is one of those things that you know they were wrong for doing it in the first place... but really how do you get a patent on a Charging wire... i understand HDMI and what not... but its just a charging cored :-/ its just a good idea, not something worth a patent.

You can get a patent on pocket lint these days. Sorry, but companies are allowed to change connectors and then say no one else can sell accessories for our products and thus essentially monopolize the accessory market. But then Apple monopolizes the app market for iOS devices and the computer market for OSX, so you shouldn't be surprised. The fact the justice system does nothing about this garbage shouldn't be a shock either. The government has been bought out by the big corporations. No one else is allowed to play in the sand box anymore.

 

[FloatingBones]

What Hypermac should do is include a cable that will connect to Apple's magsafe airline/car adapter. That way they don't have to sell the magsafe cable and can still satisfy customers needing more battery runtime than Apple's decided we need.

The airline/car adapter isn't cheap, but it's better than nothing.

This is exactly what has happened. Hypermac sells the battery and tells you to buy the airline adapter from Apple.

 

[FloatingBones]

HyperMac to sell DIY adapter

HyperMac will sell a DIY kit to adapt Apple's MacBook Power Adapter to work with their HyperJuice batteries. The kit will split the Power Adapter line in the middle with two terminator boxes. The MagSafe half of the split cable will connect a HyperJuice battery to your Mac. The Power Adapter half of the split cable can be used to recharge the external battery. Both parts can be put together to power the Mac with an AC outlet.

Providing the modification as a kit allows Hypermac to deliver a modified cable without infringing on Apple's MagSafe patents.