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> The thing I dislike about the XPS the most is probably the power connector. I miss the ease of attachment and feedback of MagSafe.

Well I still don't understand Apple's decision to axe MagSafe. It was a huge selling point of MacBooks. While I don't miss it sorely, the USB-C plug just gives me no joy.

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MagSafe could be sometimes unreliable. USB C is fun too. Although I don’t like other aspects of the MBP. Like it’s keyboard.

Only when you’ve got crap stuck to it. Not trying to defend Apple, but that design was a marvel.

Very occasionally I do have to plug then unplug then plug back the magsafe connector in order to power up my 2015 macbook, however the magsafe design has saved my laptop from certain damage many, many, many times. Literally, the only reason for removing it from Apple's point of view is that it saves too many laptops from needing replacement/costly repair.

I'm still a bit nervous about leaving an USB-C MacBook plugged in near any kind of foot traffic.

On the plus side, with USB C you can charge from either side of the laptop, and dealing with broken cables is quite a bit cheaper than with Magsafe, where cables seemed to disintegrate with depressing regularity.

I like being able to plug in the power on either side of my laptop depending on where I'm working

On the plus side, it means I can charge my XPS 13 from new macbook chargers now.

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