Now, I'm waiting how they will use marketing and communication on ditching the magsafe and going back to only USB-C.
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Magsafe it's pretty cool tho. Plus they open sourced it so next Qi standard is probably gonna have it. I don't know what I'm talking about btw.
We are not speaking about the same magsafe. EU requires in the near future USB-C for laptops too. Apple must include USB-C by default and ditching the magsafe.
Are they going to ditch it though? As I understand, they don't need to ditch it as long as USB-C charging remains an option.
For charging alone, Magsafe is objectively the better choice because it snaps in and out of place, so it's both easier to insert and won't pull your laptop off the living room table if your kid or dog runs into the cable. For docking in your dedicated workspace, you'll still use USB-C attached to your monitor of course, it's excellent for that and Magsafe doesn't do data.
Yeah, I think it says that you have to support USB-C charging. But you can add whatever else you want. And if I remember correctly, macbooks can be charged via C and magsafe already. So all up to snuff
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My laptop can already charge over USB-C from my docking station, or with a MagSafe cable. It’s an older M1 laptop but that ought to cover any such requirement
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It's cold in here.
Has hell frozen over?!?
They're just going to try to make one that's ever so slightly better, and then patent it again
Apple lightning cable it means. The charger still works fine