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I'm really sorry to see magsafe go. Between my dogs and kids I would have gone though a dozen macbooks without magsafe.

I sincerely hope this no magsafe or single port thing goes into the MBPs as well.

This is always so interesting to me, because as a person without dogs or children, the magsafe adapter has only ever been annoying. It seems like the world is divided into people with small creatures who love the magsafe, and people without who don't get it.

Having been a long time laptop user, I've had several incidents where one of my large dogs get wrapped up in a cord and runs off with either my computer crashing to the floor or me hanging onto it while the charging pin breaks or bends. It is a big annoyance when that happens with magsafe still, I'll have to get up and fetch the cord again.. but i'd trade that annoyance with the alternative any day.

This new MacBook has nice battery life and if I had one I can see using it without needing to plug it in while i'm on the couch or something.

What worries me though is a precedent being set. I am not in the market for a MacBook or MacBook Air, however I do buy MacBook Pros. I do everything on them from software dev, video editing, playing games. Much of that use is not battery friendly so I will _need_ to plug those in while i'm on the couch or in a high traffic area. I love the idea of USB-C I just hope Apple keeps MagSafe around for form factors they are not trying to reduce to sheets of paper thickness.

Clearly what is needed is a Type-C to magsafe-style thingy and back. You stick a short pigtale Type-C -> magthing into the Macbook, then another magthing -> Type C onto that, so that you effectively have a magnetic safety catch in the middle of your Type-C cable. Or maybe the magnetic end would connect directly to a hub, since with just one USB port, you'll probably be using a hub a lot.

I agree but here is some idle speculation: perhaps this laptop is so light that the force needed to effectively hold the magsafe onto the laptop is large enough that it wouldn't really release without pulling the laptop over anyhow.

I don't think magsafe is totally ruled out. They could simply have the new USB connector, a short wire to the brick, and magsafe off the other side of that to the wall. The brick would also act as a device hub.

Laptop > -(1-2 foot cable)- > Brick > Magsafe ---(full length cable)---> Wall

9h of battery life means you don't have to be constantly plugged in -- just charge it at night, like you do with a phone

It will probably be closer to 6h of actual usage.

Apple's laptop battery life estimates have historically been pretty on-point -- I've found that they often hit, or even exceed, the estimates in real-life usage. I see no reason to imagine their latest laptop is any different.

Apple's battery tests are much more real world than I have to translate for other companies.

Especially after you've been using the computer for a year.

I've seen a lot of people disappointed by this, but - correct me if I'm wrong - If you were to trip over a micro USB cord it would simply disconnect as well, similar to MagSafe, right? I mean, it's not as elegant as magsafe but it certainly wouldn't drag your whole laptop off the table, would it?

Try pulling directly down on a cord connected in a usb port. It won't just pull out. The magsafe would just disconnect after a little bit of resistance.

Probably depends on the direction of the force and other conditions but I'd imagine the male part of the connector would break or bend in some scenarios.

Don't know. Does it have to go? Can't they have a magnetic link of a wire where it breaks when stepped on?

How did you manage before magsafe?

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