Friday, May 25, 2007

Cult of Mac - Apple: Keep Your Hands off my Power Supply

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Read Leander Kahney's latest commentary about Apple and Mac News in Wired.com's Cult of Mac Blog, including Mac, Mac Pro, MacBook, iMac, iBook, Mac mini, iPod video, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iTunes, iPhoto, iPhone, Apple TV, OSX, Steve Jobs, and Macworld.
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    Apple's MagSafe power connector, the power cord that connects to new Mac laptops magnetically, is one of the more innovative hardware features to hit portables in years. The MagSafe connector doesn't jack in to a laptop; it connects via a...

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    Apple's MagSafe power connector, the power cord that connects to new Mac laptops magnetically, is one of the more innovative hardware features to hit portables in years. The MagSafe connector doesn't jack in to a laptop; it connects via a magnet so if you stumble over the cord, it just disconnects and your MacBook doesn't come tumbling off the table. It's saved mine from who knows how many spills, and is probably the only reason my MacBook hasn't had to endure frequent trips back to Apple's repair center like my previous Mac laptops. Yet after more than a year on the market, there still are no third-party accessories for it--adapters that will let you jack into the power ports on planes or cars for example. Why not? Dan Frakes discovered that it's because Apple won't license it. Apple owns the patent on the MagSafe, and it's not sharing. Perhaps it wants to corner the market on power accessories, it sells an airplane adapter for about sixty bucks, but that seems short sighted. As Frakes points out, licensing the technology and farming it out to third party vendors could earn the company plenty in licensing fees, while letting consumers get the accessories they want (probably at a lower price).

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