New MBP with old chargers?

[h2009]

Hi there,

I've got alot of old MBP charges around (magcharge types) from my Macbooks 13" (1st gen) and Macbook Pro 15" (1st gen). I was wondering if it is safe for me to use them with my new Macbook pro 17"? Will it damage the battery or cause charging issues?

The reason why I ask is because the 17" wattage is different on my new charger I got with the laptop.

 

[Darwin]

As far as I know you should be fine using other charges, the only issue is that those 17" s have big batteries so if you decide to charge it up on one of the Macbook 60W chargers its gonna take a lot longer to recharge. I can't remember what wattage the Pros had in 1st gen ( I know it is now 85W) so I assume they might be of a higher wattage and it would be better to use those instead.

 

[h2009]

thank you

 

[pneves]

Hi there,

I've got alot of old MBP charges around (magcharge types) from my Macbooks 13" (1st gen) and Macbook Pro 15" (1st gen). I was wondering if it is safe for me to use them with my new Macbook pro 17"? Will it damage the battery or cause charging issues?

The reason why I ask is because the 17" wattage is different on my new charger I got with the laptop.

Hello.

The MacBook PRO 15" and 17", with exception of 15" with only Nvidia 9400 uses a 85W power supply, while 13" use a 60W one. As a result I would not recommend the use of 13" power supply on a 17" machine. If you take notice, the 85W ones have dual mode, and as such can also be used on 13", but not the inverse.

Best regards,
Paulo

 

[gnasher729]

Hi there,

I've got alot of old MBP charges around (magcharge types) from my Macbooks 13" (1st gen) and Macbook Pro 15" (1st gen). I was wondering if it is safe for me to use them with my new Macbook pro 17"? Will it damage the battery or cause charging issues?

The reason why I ask is because the 17" wattage is different on my new charger I got with the laptop.

Using a charger with a lower Watt rating than the computer will sooner or later destroy the charger. The MBP will not be harmed except that I don't know what will happen when your charger finally gives up its life.