Please consider the physics in the somewhat ugly but absolutly working solution to your powercord problem. As you know the thin wire connected to the large transformer is a bad design and by creating a tappered support the wire is much less likely to break. I have traveled over a million miles and had to replace 3 cord of my own and 2 of other staff members over the years.
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All that you accomplished was to move the problem from one part of the cord to another. A better idea is to avoid strain entirely:
Reducing cable strain on your MagSafe power adapter
Using and maintaining your Apple MagSafe Adapter
Follow the above recommendations and your power adapters will last for the life of your Mac.
Look at the board--this problem is rampant. I myself have gone through 3 cords because of the exact problem detailed by Gordon. These machines are laptops and constant unplugging, putting the cord in a backpack/case, retrieving it, and plugging it back in are part of the functionality we required and the reason we bought laptops as opposed to desktops in the first place.
Your recommendation of avoiding the strain is not an option. Apple needs to redesign the cord so that they don't keep breaking at the weakest point without the solution Gordon outlines or mine:
All that you accomplished was to move the problem from one part of the cord to another. A better idea is to avoid strain entirely:
Reducing cable strain on your MagSafe power adapter
Using and maintaining your Apple MagSafe Adapter
Follow the above recommendations and your power adapters will last for the life of your Mac.
Dr. Chuck wrote:
Look at the board--this problem is rampant.
A quick count around the site reveals a few hundred posters on the subject over the las t few years. Hardly "rampant"
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