Can I use 85W MBP adapter for my Macbook?
An acquaintance said, it is OK to use 85W MBP adapter for Macbook, though, the opposite isn't OK.
I'm considering buying 85W instead of 60W even though I have a Macbook, because I'm going to buy a Macbook Pro someday, in a year, then I will be able to use two 85W adapters.
I'm considering buying 85W instead of 60W even though I have a Macbook, because I'm going to buy a Macbook Pro someday, in a year, then I will be able to use two 85W adapters.
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An acquaintance said, it is OK to use 85W MBP adapter for Macbook, though, the opposite isn't OK.
I'm considering buying 85W instead of 60W even though I have a Macbook, because I'm going to buy a Macbook Pro someday, in a year, then I will be able to use two 85W adapters.
nvidia is probably right about interchangeability, however, I think your acquaintance has the wrong intuition. Supplying more power to a device that is not designed to handle it could fry the device (using an 85W power supply for a notebook that is designed to accept a 60W input is bad). The worst that can happen if you do the reverse is that your device won't run (supplying a MBP with 60W may cause it to use battery power rather than power supplied through the adapter). Someone will have to correct me if the above is wrong.
Get a 60W adapter for the Macbook and an 85W adapter for the MBP. But if you think that saving $80 is worth frying your $1500 computer after one year, feel free. However, as nvidia said, this is probably not going to happen: but why take the chance?
Supplying more power to a device that is not designed to handle it could fry the device (using an 85W power supply for a notebook that is designed to accept a 60W input is bad).
If the Macbook is a 60W device I don't believe the it would pull more than 60W, even from an 85W power supply. Assuming the voltages between the two adapters is the same, and that they have similar voltage regulators.
Get a 60W adapter for the Macbook and an 85W adapter for the MBP.
Probably the best advice, short of getting Apple support to confirm the 85W PS is compatible with the Macbook.
It's also fine to use a 60W power supply with the MacBook Pro. The only problem is that it will not charge the battery while you're using the laptop. If it's plugged in and you're using it, it will take power from the adaptor to run the laptop, but will not charge the battery. It will charge the battery only when the laptop is sleeping or powered off.
I can't find it now, but I think that the macbook and macbook pro actually use different voltages from the power adapter, and the 85W one auto-senses what you need and sets the right voltage.
...... The 60W will only work with the macbook. My daughter uses an 85 watt adapter on her macbook and it works fine......
Not true. My wife has a MB and I have a MBP. I leave my 85 watt brick at work and use her 60 watt brick when I get home "every" night.
It will not charge the battery while I use it, but will supply constant power and the battery never drains. When I close it, I leave it plugged in and its fully charged when I wake up.
Oh, why you may want to get the 85 watt supply for your Macbook as your extra power supply -- the 60W supply gets *hot* when the Macbook is under load, and the battery charges extremely slowly. It's clear to me at least that the 60W supply is pretty marginal for the Macbook when it's chugging both CPU's hard and playing a DVD too, not only do you have the howling fan, but the power cube gets so hot that it becomes hard to pick up. So if you really push your Macbook hard, as vs. just use it for web browsing and word processing, the 85w may provide some "peace of mind" that your power supply isn't going to melt through the top of your computer desk .
Switching power supplies regulate best in the upper half of their range. Pulling 40 watts from an 85 watt power supply may give you some ripple. That said, we have a gigantic capacitor in our Macs (called a "battery" ) that smooths any lows out pretty well, and all the internal voltages are supplied by internal voltage regulators that chop out the ripple before it can get to internal components. As long as it charges (i.e., the low parts of the ripple don't fall below the gate voltage of the charging circuit), you aren't harming your Macbook.
Oh, why you may want to get the 85 watt supply for your Macbook as your extra power supply -- the 60W supply gets *hot* when the Macbook is under load, and the battery charges extremely slowly. It's clear to me at least that the 60W supply is pretty marginal for the Macbook when it's chugging both CPU's hard and playing a DVD too, not only do you have the howling fan, but the power cube gets so hot that it becomes hard to pick up. So if you really push your Macbook hard, as vs. just use it for web browsing and word processing, the 85w may provide some "peace of mind" that your power supply isn't going to melt through the top of your computer desk .
thanx a million, very usefull advice!
They are more or less interchangeable, actually. However, for warranty, peace-of-mind, etc. etc. stick to 60W for MacBook and 85W for MacBook Pro.
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Wow. I totally forgot I made this comment.
http://www.apple.com/displays/features.html
"Maximum power: 212W (LED Cinema Display while charging MacBook Pro"
so yes, the monitor can charge the macbook pro.