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Do we know why they removed the MagSafe power cord? I always thought it was a smart design. It seems kind of silly to remove it.

• grzm 10y ago
  Tradeoff between the break-away design for a single-purpose port and the multiple multi-purpose ThunderBolt 3 ports.
  • r00fus 10y ago
    Personally if they could've had an Apple accessory that mitigated that (ie, something built-in like Griffin's breaksafe - maybe recess the port so the accessory could be flush), it would've been a coup. Everyone needs to plug in their laptop; Not every one needs 4 connectivity ports.
    • grzm 10y ago
      I'm a MagSafe fan myself. I remember pre-MagSafe laptops taking a flyer now and again, and being the worse for it. That said, I can understand why they did it. Laptops are lighter now, so the corresponding damage may be less as well. And I don't know how snugly the TB3 ports fit. Maybe they disconnect more easily than, say, Firewire 400. I've got a couple of years left in my current laptop. I'm hoping there's a solution that incorporates some type of break-away power connector.