Friday, 20 March 2015

The secret to why Apple keeps changing the MacBook charger

Shamrock-charger




Got the new MacBook charger?


No, the new new MacBook charger.


That will be the inevitable conversation in Starbucks stores across the country when Apple debuts the new MacBook in April. The laptop will ditch the company's patented MagSafe charger in favor of a USB-C port, which also doubles as the connector for devices and monitors.



There's just a teeny, tiny chance the change may lead to some frustration among those who like the convenience of sharing charging cables, and it reminds us that this is far from the first time Apple has taken similar steps. When it redesigned MacBook and MacBook Air computers a few years ago, MagSafe got a generational refresh — which, of course, rendered the new laptops' chargers incompatible with the old ones. Read more...


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