There is charging tech being developed right now that works just like your home wifi. No need to put your device on a pad or anything!
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There is charging tech being developed right now that works just like your home wifi. No need to put your device on a pad or anything!
correct. i loved the safety of magsafe
however i would much prefer the multiple functionality of the usb-c port, when you are not charging, you have an extra port for connectivity
i really do hope that type-c becomes the future, if it gets onto everything it will be great
I've never had a single problem with MagSafe working. And how is ANY third party adapter going to work? What is it, 29 watts?
I don't really mind too much that Apple is going with a standard for once but I'm not going to sit here and say what they've been doing is a gimmick.
Even Andy Ihnatko in this week's Macbreak Weekly, said it was a product that shouldn't have left Apple's drawing board, so don't just take my word for it.
Ask yourself why Apple chose to remove it then, if even they thought it was such a "killer" feature? The next gen MBP will probably be powered over new smaller connector type Thunderbolt 3 ports (it will apparently handle up to 100W!), along with having the new USB-C ones for other non-power uses; so prepare yourself for complete removal of Magsafe. It's Apple's (and Dell, and likely every other laptop maker's, for that matter) thing now, so get over it, I'm afraid.
Anyway, it's besides the point. Some like it, some don't, and others like me simply think it's woes are outweighed by the benefits of the lightweight USB-C type of single connection that just does everything.
Masses of third-party products are also a boon; several brands have already announced products. Very cool.
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Lol! It's a proprietary solution though, and Apple clearly ain't doing that anymore on their laptops.
Then you must have had defective MacBooks. Every MagSafe I've ever used has always worked perfectly and lit up every time.
it is not proprietary. USB, HDMI and TYPE-C is all public, its magnetic and will be easy to manufacture. only issue is the sizing of it
I don't care about the Macbook not having MagSafe because it is for low demand consumers anyway. Just people who want an iPad running OS X and looking great while doing so.
Although it is a tiny possibility I want to keep a little hope in me that Apple won't carry this USB-C power thing to all Macs eventually. I hope they just thought: "Oh they'll charge this one like they're charging the iPad anyway, i.e. won't be using while charging"
OR, another thinner MagSafe port is coming along but just wasn't ready for this Macbook. I want to keep the hope alive. Why would Apple sacrifice the great piece of very convenient and distinguishing piece of tech for thinness? Spend billions of dollars making a thinner MagSafe if necessary and have 3 ports; AUX in, MagSafe, USB-C. Otherwise it is no different than shooting yourself in the leg.
Although it is a tiny possibility I want to keep a little hope in me that Apple won't carry this USB-C power thing to all Macs eventually. I hope they just thought: "Oh they'll charge this one like they're charging the iPad anyway, i.e. won't be using while charging"
OR, another thinner MagSafe port is coming along but just wasn't ready for this Macbook. I want to keep the hope alive. Why would Apple sacrifice the great piece of very convenient and distinguishing piece of tech for thinness? Spend billions of dollars making a thinner MagSafe if necessary and have 3 ports; AUX in, MagSafe, USB-C. Otherwise it is no different than shooting yourself in the leg.
No fear! The pretentious police are here!
The macbook is a laptop. Not an iPad. Stop comparing it to an iPad. You sound like someone who is probably in the iPad threads complaining saying the iPad is a larger iPhone.
So the people who invented the magsafe... and enough other stuff for you to get on a forum that is specifically designed to talk about what those people invented... they come out with something new and you're so close minded that you aren't going to give it a shot before you even try it?
"billions of dollars" to reconfigure a charging port so its longer and thinner? Just so you can plug more stuff into something that you referred to as an iPad with os x? Who are these people that need so many ports for a laptop that isn't meant for raw video or gaming?
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Moving on to my opinion. I did love magsafe. But I can't remember a specific time where it saved me. It was just always cool to hold it watch it snap in.
This won't stop me from getting a macbook though. I'm sure the company that thinks things through so much to figure out the speed at which the iPhone box should open... will figure have thought about the resistance on the new plug.
You've got the point! It's designed to get like an iPad
However, I do like the MagSafe 2 but I reckon the new MacBook is too light anyway?
USB-C looks great!
as a replacement for USB-A (perhaps the most poorly thought out plug shape of all time) and Mini DisplayPort (which, on my MBP, has never had the most solid feeling or well-behaved connection).
BUT as a replacement for MagSafe, I am disappointed. Even if MagSafe wasn't saving notebooks from accidentally pulled cords (which it is!), I'd still be grateful for its design. You get that plug within reach and it plugs itself in! There's that satisfying 'snap', and the green light to tell you all is well. Come on who, upon getting a MagSafe Mac for the first time, didn't pull the plug in and out for a while, just because it was so much fun! (No one? Really? Maybe it's just me then, but I've always been a little obsessed with magnets.) And removing it is just as easy. Rarely do you see anything so well designed for its purpose. Really, the only beef I have with MagSafe, is that Apple won a patent for it (ignoring prior art) and selfishly withheld the license from other companies. I'd very much have liked my cordless kettle, and other appliances, to have MagSafe charging too.
So am I naive to hope that the the next generation of MacBook Pros will still include a MagSafe port, plus at least three USB-C ports??
BUT as a replacement for MagSafe, I am disappointed. Even if MagSafe wasn't saving notebooks from accidentally pulled cords (which it is!), I'd still be grateful for its design. You get that plug within reach and it plugs itself in! There's that satisfying 'snap', and the green light to tell you all is well. Come on who, upon getting a MagSafe Mac for the first time, didn't pull the plug in and out for a while, just because it was so much fun! (No one? Really? Maybe it's just me then, but I've always been a little obsessed with magnets.) And removing it is just as easy. Rarely do you see anything so well designed for its purpose. Really, the only beef I have with MagSafe, is that Apple won a patent for it (ignoring prior art) and selfishly withheld the license from other companies. I'd very much have liked my cordless kettle, and other appliances, to have MagSafe charging too.
So am I naive to hope that the the next generation of MacBook Pros will still include a MagSafe port, plus at least three USB-C ports??
The ability to fold the magsafe charger into one tiny and neat package (compared to the giant bricks of the other laptops) is worth the price alone. That it has a readily detachable charging head is a nice added bonus.
It will be missed. Though with the long battery life, I can see myself needing to charge it only at night, the same way I charge my iPad and iPhone only once a day on most days.
It will be missed. Though with the long battery life, I can see myself needing to charge it only at night, the same way I charge my iPad and iPhone only once a day on most days.
I don't see why you felt the need to be so rude in your reply to this guy. It seems to me he was using just a little bit of hyperbole to make his point—that he hopes the 'pro' range of Macs won't go down this same path. Perhaps you missed that point, somewhere between calling him 'pretentious' and seemingly agreeing with him that the new MacBook isn't meant for high-demand applications.
I'm betting the resistance will be just right—for a plug designed for reliable data transfer, not a plug that's designed to pop out when the cable gets tugged on.
The ability to fold MagSafe charger has nothing to do with MagSafe, you realize. rMB will ship with a much smaller 29W wall charger and a separate Type-C cable, which can be easily folded. And the beauty of it - the same power adapter can be used to charge ALL your devices - MacBook, iPhone, iPad. So no more carrying around multiple power bricks.
Fundamentally.. all of you lamenting the loss of MagSafe are missing a key point - MagSafe made sense back in the day when the laptops had 2.5 hour battery life. So you have to keep your laptops plugged into the wall pretty much any time you use (even in casual "couch use" cases). These days - I never plug in my MBA to the wall, be it "on a couch" or coffee shop or most other situations. The only time my MBA is plugged it is when it's "docked" on my office desk - where there is no possibility to "knock laptop off the desk" and lack of MagSafe is irrelevant.
Apple has clearly realized the days of MagSafe are in the past, and they are leaving it behind for "single cable" design, which is much more suitable to the ways modern laptops are used.
Time for you to start looking for a new laptop vendor then. I predict Apple dropping MagSafe from all MacBooks in the next 2-3 years, in favor of "single cable" charging - USB-C on ultraportables or TB3 on high-end models.